#!/usr/bin/awk -f { for ( i = 2 ; i <= NF ; i++ ) { if ( $(i - 1) == $i ) { duplicate = $(i - 1) if ( i == NF ) { missing = $(i - 1) + 1 } } if ($i - $(i - 1) > 1 ) { missing = $(i - 1 ) + 1 } } print "(" duplicate " " missing ")" }