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linux - difference between number in the same column using AWK

I have a file containing one column of number:

1
2
4
4
10

I would like to calculate the difference between each number using awk. The output should be like this :

1
2
0
6

How can I do it ?

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Try the following code :

awk '
    NR == 1{old = $1; next}     # if 1st line 
    {print $1 - old; old = $1}  # else...
' file.txt
1
2
0
6

explanations

  • NR is the ordinal number of the current record from the start of input. Inside a BEGIN action the value shall be zero. Inside an END action the value shall be the number of the last record processed.
  • next statement shall cause all further processing of the current input record to be abandoned. The behavior is undefined if a next statement appears or is invoked in a BEGIN or END action.

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