What does this command do

figdungiven · #1 (**permalink**) 05-12-2006

Just wondering what does the following unix command exactly do??
Just trying to learn some material for my final exams!
Any help would be greatly appreciated
ls -al |grep "*.c" |wc -l >>log.txt

amro1 · #2 (**permalink**) 05-12-2006

This command:
takes long listing from the current directory including hidden files, then selects only lines of C code, counts them and adds the record to the file.

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