Re: wc

[iram chelli]

Thank you Giuseppe,

I have switched to wc -w |cur -d ' ' -f 1

Regards,

Iram.

Giuseppe Scrivano a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> if you need a specific wc output field, the words count in this case,
> you can use the command `wc -w FILE'.  Is it what you want?
>
> Regards,
> Giuseppe
>
>
> Iram CHELLI <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> > i am using wc in shell scripts
> >
> > the exact command is:
> >
> >     wc FILE | cut -d " " -f 2
> >
> > it usually works but sometimes wc outputs the result in a different
> > formatting, that is, I have to do a cut -d " " -f 3 to get the wc.
> >
> > This is not very convenient that the wc program shall not return
> > results in a fixed formatting.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Iram
> >
> >
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