Mabooka % time perl -nle'my($a,$b,$c,$d,$e)=split /,/;$ta+=$a, $tb+=$b, $tc+=$c, $td+=$d, $te+=$e;END{print join " ", $ta,$tb,$tc,$td,$te}' numbers.csv 2499084140 2499188390 2500073650 2497725180 2495867770 45.270u 0.200s 0:45.44 100.0% 0+0k 0+0io 322pf+0w Mabooka % Mabooka % time sum5.cut_n_awk 2499084140 2499188390 2500073650 2497725180 2495867770 18.520u 0.490s 0:12.52 151.8% 0+0k 0+0io 575pf+0w Mabooka %