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Old 03-23-2011
How to strip off the leading filename from 'wc -l' command
Hi... can anyone please tell how do i strip off the leading filename from the wc -l command....

when i fire command
Code:
wc -l new1

... its giving output as

Code:
     14 new1

i want the output as just '14'...

i need to use this value in the calculations in the later part of the script..

thanks in advance,
Swapnil
Last edited by joeyg; 03-23-2011 at 03:41 PM..
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Old 03-23-2011
awk as one option
Code:
wc -l new1 | awk -F' ' '{print $1}'

or
Code:
wc -l <new1

This User Gave Thanks to joeyg For This Post:
swap21783
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Old 03-23-2011
thank you...

i used the second code and got the output as i wanted...
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