[SOLVED] Need help combining two awk commands

The bash functionality is as fast as you are going to get. Anything you add to it will just delay the process and be another abstraction or layer.

Just thought I would throw in 2 cents

video=2014_02_24-10_30_14_525__15000.mp4
items=(${video//[_.]/ })
(( total += ${items[-2]} ))

Also, do not use ls to feed a for loop, you can simply use a straight glob:

for video in *
do
...
done

Later you will learn about the dangers of word splitting which the ls version is subject to but the glob is not.
In your particular case it currently may not be an issue as none of the files contain whitespace, but better to get in a good habit now so as not to get caught out later

I recommend read this site all the way through when you have time as it helps with many pitfalls

Tldp chapter on string manipulation

http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/string-manipulation.html

Some reference tables
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/refcards.html


Actually, technically the use of # might be a better fit,
/ is replacement, but since 'nothing' after it replace with nothing

Sorry, didn't explain that very well

${video/*__/foo_}

Would give you
foo_15000.mp4

${video/*__/}
'nothing' after the second slash, so in effect 'deletes' the pattern

${video#*__}
Same result, less typing




The awk deserves a quick explination


The -F , is defining the feild separator(s)

[_.] is 'special' in essence it means

_ or .

Now for the print part

NF is a special internal variable to awk,
For each new record (usually each line by default ) it counts the Number of Fields, and sets NF to that value

For fun, replace the $(NF-1) with NF, you should get a number
now do

NF" "$NF" "(NF-1)" "$(NF-1)" "(NF-2)" "$(NF-2)

that should give you an idea of what is going on