shell script required

sethunath · #1 (**permalink**) 07-05-2007

hi ,
i need a shell script that will remove the first and second lines of the text file
and will list the word count of the characters present in it.

the text file will be consisting of multiple textfiles.the first text file starts from
01-34.like wise the next file also starts from 01-34 lines. They r all contained in a same text file.

Shell_Life · #2 (**permalink**) 07-05-2007

Sethunath,
Sample of input file and expected output will be great help.

zazzybob · #3 (**permalink**) 07-05-2007

Please read the forum rules. I have deleted your duplicate thread.

lorcan · #4 (**permalink**) 07-05-2007

Delete the first two files of a file

Code:

sed '1,2d' file > newfile

Word count of a file

Code:

wc -w file

bigearsbilly · #5 (**permalink**) 07-06-2007

count words from line 3 onwards?

tail +3 | wc -w

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