ok here's what I need the input is this: (it's dutch but who cares) Pieter:19:kip,steak,hamburger Tom:20:steak,worst:veel aardappelen Bart:23:kip,hamburger,worst:geen tomaten Wim:19:kip,worst Katrien:20:worst,steak,kalkoen:geen saus so I put this in /foo/input I gotta write an awk script that turns that into this Pieter: kip,steak,hamburger Tom: steak,worst Bart: kip,hamburger,worst Wim: kip,worst Katrien:worst,steak,kalkoen Samenvatting (counting totals of values behind the first :) ------------ hamburger: 2 nodig steak: 3 nodig worst: 4 nodig kalkoen: 1 nodig kip: 3 nodig Opmerkingen (comments (if any) behind the second:) ----------- Pieter(19): - Tom(20): veel aardappelen Bart(23): geen tomaten Wim(19): - Katrien(20): geen saus the code for this should go in /foo/code.awk also, how do I call this? eg... gawk ...