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hi
i have a string like
str=abc def ghi jkl

now i want to count the no of words in the string
please help
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echo "abc def ghi jkl" | wc -w


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hi
i have a string like
str=abc def ghi jkl

now i want to count the no of words in the string
please help
Like this:
str="abc def ghi jkl"
echo $str|wc -w
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satish,

I have question, are trying before posting?
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hi elthox
it is working fine but i want to assign the count to a variable
i am doing

var= abc def ghi jkl mno | wc -w
echo "------------------->"$var

it is throwing an error please help
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Code:
var=$(echo "abc cb fg" | wc -w)
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hi aju
i am trying and then only i am asking
i am a java resource, my project people gave me the sript to remove the queues from the cluster
so i am in hurry thats why i am asking
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