WC -l does not count all the lines in a file? HELP


 
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Old 02-23-2011
WC -l does not count all the lines in a file? HELP

I have a file that I need to merge with another like file. Normally I remove the trailer reocrd and merge the file and update the trailer record of the second file. I did a WC -l on the first file before I removed the trailer record, and again afterwards. The count came back the same. I opened the file with textpad and found that the file with the trailer record had 1 more line than what WC -l was bringing back. I need help from the experts on this.
Harleyrci
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Old 02-23-2011
It might be the last line is lacking an ending linefeed.
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Old 02-23-2011
Hi Jill,
How can I view or determine if the linefeed is there are not? What do I need to look for in the file?

---------- Post updated at 10:40 PM ---------- Previous update was at 10:39 PM ----------

when I do a wc -w it returns 3 words less, which make up the trailer record.
Harleyrci
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Old 02-23-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Harleyrci
How can I view or determine if the linefeed is there are not? What do I need to look for in the file?
Code:
 od -c file | tail -2

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Old 02-23-2011
Once again, thank you very much..

---------- Post updated at 11:23 PM ---------- Previous update was at 11:15 PM ----------

Hi Jill,
So i should see \n in the results of od for the given file if there was a new line other wise is it counted as part of the previous line in the file?
Harleyrci
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Old 02-23-2011
otherwise it is silently ignored as not being a line in the first place.
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Old 02-24-2011
Once completed the information into the file, press enter , save and exit.
then check wc -l is working properly
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