linux bash while do loop plus variable value

Question

I need to get swap memory size in bytes from linux so i im executing this command:

{ read firstLine; while read f t s u p; do echo $s; done;} < /proc/swaps

It returns:

523260
523260

And i need to return:

i try using:

{ read firstLine; while read f t s u p; do echo $s++; done;} < /proc/swaps

but i know that is incorrect of using $s++, i im new to bash so if someone have clue or idea how do i need to increment $s variable with value that is read?

If i have for example:

523260 256523

I need to get output:

779783

William Pursell · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-06T19:24:35.007

2

If you are looking to sum up the values in the 3rd column, do:

 awk 'NR>1{a+= $3} END {print a}' /proc/swaps

To do the sum your way, you can do:

{ total=0; read firstLine; while read f t s u p; do : $((total += s)); done; echo $total; } < /proc/swaps

edited Sep 06 '17 at 19:24

answered Sep 06 '17 at 19:22

William Pursell

204,365
48
270
300

thanks that is the code that i need..thank you...and big vote for nice answer – John Sep 06 '17 at 19:23
@John you should `accept` the answer rather than *big vote* it. – umläute Sep 06 '17 at 19:24
will do in 3min..system does not accept it before – John Sep 06 '17 at 19:31

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 06 '17 at 19:24

In bash, $((expr)) represents the artithmetic evaluation of expr.

A=1
B=2
echo $((A+B))

will print 3.

So you need to first read A and B from /proc/swaps and then add them after they have been assigned.

Note however that this only evaluates integers to integers.

linux bash while do loop plus variable value

2 Answers2