you could simplify by taking advantage of default value which is `0` in numeric ...

		asicsp on Oct 25, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Learn to use Awk with hundreds of examples you could simplify by taking advantage of default value which is `0` in numeric context `awk -F: '$3>240{total+=$3} END{print +total}' /etc/passwd`