gcOutput1.awk

#
# matching the following output specified as a pattern that verifies
# that the numerical values conform to a specific pattern, rather than
# specific values.
#
# S0C    S1C    S0U    S1U      EC       EU        OC         OU       MC     MU    CCSC   CCSU   YGC     YGCT    FGC    FGCT     GCT   
# 512.0  512.0   0.0   496.0   3072.0   615.5     6144.0     280.0    5120.0 4176.0 512.0  401.0       1    0.005   0      0.000    0.005


BEGIN	{
	    headerlines=0; datalines=0; totallines=0
	}

/^ S0C    S1C    S0U    S1U      EC       EU        OC         OU       MC     MU    CCSC   CCSU   YGC     YGCT    FGC    FGCT     GCT   $/	{
	    headerlines++;
	}

/^[ ]*[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[ ]*[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[ ]*[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[ ]*[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[ ]*[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[ ]*[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[ ]*[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[ ]*[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[ ]*[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[ ]*[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[ ]*[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[ ]*[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[ ]*[0-9]+[ ]*[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[ ]*[0-9]+[ ]*[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[ ]*[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/	{
	    datalines++;
	}

	{ totallines++; print $0 }

END	{
	    if ((headerlines == 1) && (datalines == 1) && (totallines == 2)) {
	        exit 0
	    }
	    else {
	        exit 1
	    }
	}