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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