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Old 12-28-2005
Power Please explain this command line ?
Please explain this command line ?

wc<infile<newfile

Thanx,
Saneesh Joseph.
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Old 12-28-2005
Hi vino,

This is not a duplicate post..

Both are two different command lines.

Thanx and Regards,
Saneesh Joseph
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Old 12-28-2005
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Originally Posted by saneeshjose
Please explain this command line ?

wc<infile<newfile

Thanx,
Saneesh Joseph.
It will display the following details of new file : the number of bytes, words, and lines

It is the same as wc <newfile or wc newfile

Code:
[/tmp]$ cat infile
abc
def
ghi
[/tmp]$ cat newfile
123
456
789
asd
fgh
jkl
[/tmp]$ wc <newfile
      6       6      24
[/tmp]$ wc <infile
      3       3      12
[/tmp]$ wc <newfile <infile
      3       3      12
[/tmp]$ wc newfile infile
      6       6      24 newfile
      3       3      12 infile
      9       9      36 total
[/tmp]$

 
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