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Old 10-21-2011
count lines in file to variable

I have a text file in which you need to identify the number of lines that looks like this:
Code:
awk '{x + +} END {print x}' filename

The problem is that I do not know how this data to any variable in which then need to continue to work in a cycle for ..

do not know someone help?

Sorry for my English
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Old 10-21-2011
You mean something like this?

Code:
line_no=$(awk '{x++} END {print x}' filename)
echo $line_no

--ahamed

PS : Please use code tags. Thank you for your co-operation.

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Old 10-21-2011
thank you
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Old 10-21-2011
Code:
 
line_no=$(wc -l < filename)

# 5  
Old 10-21-2011
one more in awk ..
Code:
$ line_no=$(nawk 'END{print NR}' filename)

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