ok to count the number of lines in a text file I have to
wc -l filename.txt rite? but then how do i get it to out put this as an integer?
it out puts
linecount filename.txt
so lets say file.txt has 30 lines it out puts
30 file.txt how do i get it to out put only 30
thx
-Ti22-
1. Make it read from stdin (using redirection) so it doesn't print a filename
2. Use the back-quotes to capture the stdout of a process
Like so
Code:a=`wc -l < file.txt` echo $a
dude your really good, how long have u been using linux?
-Ti22-
grep -n .\* in-file > out-file
