for some reason word count always counts one extra character.
for example,
echo 11 | wc -c
counts 3 characters instead of 2
anyone know how to get the exact number of characters?
There is also the newline character which you dont see.
Hi,
I am trying to execute the following command from a batch script, but no matter how many escape characters I put in it doesn't execute properly. It works fine from the command line with quotes around the -exec part.
#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/bin/sudo /usr/atria/bin/cleartool setview -exec... (0 Replies)
Hello,
if i have file like this:
010000890306932455804 05306977653873 0520080417010520ISMS SMT ZZZZZZZZZZZZZOC30693599000 30971360000 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ202011302942311 010000890306946317387 05306977313623 0520080417010520ISMS SMT... (6 Replies)
Hi,
Could any one please let me know what is the maximum number of characters
that will fit into a single line of a flat file on a unix.
Thanks. (1 Reply)
Hi there, I have some user input in a variable called $VAR, and i need to ensure that the string is 5 or less characters .... does anybody know how i can count the characters in the variables ?
any help would be great, cheers (2 Replies)
Hi,
I would like to take the first column of a bunch of lines and take only the 6th through 15th characters. The first column are not regular.
gbAY277147.1Ptv3.T1469 CTTGAACAT
gbAY277149.1Ptro3.T1469 CTTGAACAT
gbAY287891.1Hs3.T1469 CTTGAACATTTGC
into
7147.1Ptv3 CTTGAACAT... (4 Replies)
Hello,
I'm new to using AWK and would be grateful for some basic advice to get me started.
I have a file consisting of 10 fields. Initially I wish to calculate the number of . , ~ and ^ characters in the 9th field ($9) of each line. This particular string also contains alphabetical... (6 Replies)
Hi i have data like
abchd 124 ldskc aattggcc
each separated by tab space i want to count number of characters in 4th column and print it in new column with tabspace for every line can anyone help me how to do it.
Thanks. (3 Replies)
Hello:
I have a large file which contains lines like the following:
1/t123ab, &Xx:1:1234:12345:123456@ABCDEFG... at -$100.00%
/t is a tab, spaces are as indicated
the string "&Xx:1:1234:12345:123456$ABCDEFG..." has a slightly variable number of numbers and letters, but it always starts... (9 Replies)
I want count number of characters / find the length of the 'wc -l' output
This is the command
bash-3.2$ gzcat /home/sid/file1.dat |wc -l
830752
So final out I want is 6 i.e lenght of 830752
I tried with awk
bash-3.2$ gzcat /home/sid/file1.dat |wc -l | awk '{print length ($0)... (3 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT MOJAVE
echo
ECHO(1) BSD General Commands Manual ECHO(1)NAME
echo -- write arguments to the standard output
SYNOPSIS
echo [-n] [string ...]
DESCRIPTION
The echo utility writes any specified operands, separated by single blank (' ') characters and followed by a newline ('
') character, to the
standard output.
The following option is available:
-n Do not print the trailing newline character. This may also be achieved by appending 'c' to the end of the string, as is done by iBCS2
compatible systems. Note that this option as well as the effect of 'c' are implementation-defined in IEEE Std 1003.1-2001
(``POSIX.1'') as amended by Cor. 1-2002. Applications aiming for maximum portability are strongly encouraged to use printf(1) to sup-
press the newline character.
Some shells may provide a builtin echo command which is similar or identical to this utility. Most notably, the builtin echo in sh(1) does
not accept the -n option. Consult the builtin(1) manual page.
EXIT STATUS
The echo utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO builtin(1), csh(1), printf(1), sh(1)STANDARDS
The echo utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'') as amended by Cor. 1-2002.
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