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totalling columns/fields

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kyle123

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Howdo you total the file size field from tar tvf output to verify the backup size is the same as the restored size?
Thanks.
 
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Something like this should work:
Code: 
tar tvf foo.tar | awk '{sum+=$3}END{print sum}'
This is assuming your version of tar prints the size value in the 3rd column of your output...
Hope this helps :-)
 
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