How To Sum Numbers Per Line in Linux

I am back with a simple Linux command. This command will let you sum up the numbers line by line on Linux shell. There are two most commonly used and easiest ways to do so.

Create a file named “numbers” containing following random numbers:

3
8
-1
5
0
10
200
151
-20

Sum Numbers using Awk

$ awk 'BEGIN{sum=0}{sum+=$1}END{print sum}' numbers

Sum Numbers using jq

jq is a really superb parser for JSON data. But this handy tool is really a quick option to sum numbers.

$ jq -s 'add' numbers
356

I am keen to hear more handy commands from you all. Keep posting.