we're really guessing at what you are trying to do, so in that spirit maybe here's a real life example that has enough stuff in it to be useful on a few fronts...
test file #ls -la > test.txt ... abreviated
-rw-r--r-- 1 OQ91 Domain Users 273532 Sep 25 15:29 spy.csv.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 OQ91 Domain Users 14704 Jan 8 12:08 spy.sdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 OQ91 Domain Users 4329 Oct 17 10:28 spy.sdf.bak
-rwxr-xr-x 1 OQ91 Domain Users 1196465 Sep 26 03:36 spywork.ods
-rw-r--r-- 1 OQ91 Domain Users 312739 Jan 8 09:40 spyx.csv
-rwxrwxr-x 1 OQ91 Domain Users 4875 Dec 26 22:05 stone.pl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 OQ91 Domain Users 2396 Oct 25 09:57 stone.pl.121025
-rwxr-xr-x 1 OQ91 Domain Users 3375 Oct 29 10:27 stone.pl.121026
-rwxr-xr-x 1 OQ91 Domain Users 3811 Oct 29 07:52 stone.pl.121029
-rwxr-xr-x 1 OQ91 Domain Users 3809 Nov 8 11:06 stone.pl.121108
-rwxr-xr-x 1 OQ91 Domain Users 77687808 Sep 26 03:46 Taylor_Book_08.xls
-rw-r--r-- 1 OQ91 Domain Users 9095 Dec 26 22:14 test15.pl
-rw-r--r-- 1 OQ91 Domain Users 4350 Nov 7 01:07 test15.pl.121107
-rw-r--r-- 1 OQ91 Domain Users 4424 Nov 7 11:57 test15.pl.121107a
-rw-r--r-- 1 OQ91 Domain Users 8630 Nov 7 13:57 test15.pl.121107b
-rw-r--r-- 1 OQ91 Domain Users 9039 Nov 8 08:59 test15.pl.121108
-rw-r--r-- 1 OQ91 Domain Users 9156 Dec 26 22:10 test15.pl.121226
-rw-r--r-- 1 OQ91 Domain Users 46987 Dec 4 13:25 zzz.out
$ cat test.txt | perl -l -n -e 'BEGIN {$x="OQ91";$linecount=0;$sum=0;} if((split)[2]==$x){$linecount++ ;$sum += (split)[5]; printf "%s\t %s\t\t %s\n",(split)[2],(split)[5],(split)[9]} ; END {printf "linecount: %d Sum: %d",$linecount,$sum}'
Here's some output... abreviated
OQ91 312739 spyx.csv
OQ91 4875 stone.pl
OQ91 2396 stone.pl.121025
OQ91 3375 stone.pl.121026
OQ91 3811 stone.pl.121029
OQ91 3809 stone.pl.121108
OQ91 77687808 Taylor_Book_08.xls
OQ91 9095 test15.pl
OQ91 4350 test15.pl.121107
OQ91 4424 test15.pl.121107a
OQ91 8630 test15.pl.121107b
OQ91 9039 test15.pl.121108
OQ91 9156 test15.pl.121226
OQ91 46987 zzz.out
linecount: 61 Sum: 88200728
sums the 5th column if the tests are true, counts the lines... prints the 2nd, 5th and 9th columns, AND it's a one liner... |