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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Unix Shell Novice - File Manipulation Post 302084726 by nmullane on Sunday 13th of August 2006 04:38:45 AM
Old 08-13-2006
Unix Shell Novice - File Manipulation
Hi,

I am brand new to unix and am hoping someone can start me in the right direction.
I want to be able to put the results of a file command such as wc -l filename into a variable which I can then use to test against another variable...i.e. I need to show the nth line of a file, but need to determine if the file contains at least n lines. currently the output from wc -l filename gives me a return of n filename - all I want is n as a numerical value.

Secondly, is there a way to retrieve the nth line of a file using a single command (similar to head or tail, but actually giving the line number?)

If anyone can help it would be appreciated.
 

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CPANPLUS::Shell(3pm)					 Perl Programmers Reference Guide				      CPANPLUS::Shell(3pm)

NAME

       CPANPLUS::Shell

SYNOPSIS

	   use CPANPLUS::Shell; 	    # load the shell indicated by your
					    # config -- defaults to
					    # CPANPLUS::Shell::Default

	   use CPANPLUS::Shell qw[Classic]  # load CPANPLUS::Shell::Classic;

	   my $ui      = CPANPLUS::Shell->new();
	   my $name    = $ui->which;	    # Find out what shell you loaded

	   $ui->shell;			    # run the ui shell

DESCRIPTION

       This module is the generic loading (and base class) for all "CPANPLUS" shells. Through this module you can load any installed "CPANPLUS"
       shell.

       Just about all the functionality is provided by the shell that you have loaded, and not by this class (which merely functions as a generic
       loading class), so please consult the documentation of your shell of choice.

BUG REPORTS

       Please report bugs or other issues to <bug-cpanplus@rt.cpan.org<gt>.

AUTHOR

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COPYRIGHT

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       This library is free software; you may redistribute and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

       CPANPLUS::Shell::Default, CPANPLUS::Shell::Classic, cpanp

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