#!/bin/sh
# Script to count the total in an array
# Define the name of the file
#
fname=names.txt

# Read in the contact details from the keyboard
echo "Please enter the following contact details:"
echo
echo "Given name: \c"
read name
echo " value: \c"
read value
# Write the details to the text file
echo $name:$value >> $fname


im try to code something in bash scripting,i have a txt file and i entered the following names on it e.g
lex +7.5
creg +5.3
xondr/xonde +1.5
gloria -1
lex +7.5
gloria -1
creg +5.3
xondr/xonde +1.5
lex +7.5 and so on,i want a code or a loop that when i run the program it should show the names of that are on the txt file and show there total,if lex appears 7 times and gloria 3 times it will show lex 52.5 gloria-3 etc i dont know if you get my idea.... thanks

You probably want to look at using 'awk'.

man awk

how can i do it?im new to shell scripting

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You could just do it in bash; bookmark these
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http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/

Generally, awk is installed on most machines. You can call awk form within your bash script and make it easier.

Bash would be a bit trickier to use here, since the values to add up are floating point. You'd have to use an external tool like bc or awk to do the calculations anyway, so why not just do the whole thing in awk and save a step?

The method I'd use in awk is to populate an array with each name (column1) as the index string. Every time a name comes up, the value (column2) can be added to the existing total for that name. Finally, loop through the array in the END statement to print out your final values.

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