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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Record count of a csv file Post 302215965 by ajaykk on Thursday 17th of July 2008 03:43:00 PM
Old 07-17-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by joeyg
1) cat file | grep "^[0-9][0-9]" | wc -l
Or similar, if the normal file has numbers in the first couple character positions as user id or other identifier

2) cat file | cut -c1 | grep '"'
Assuming that the first field begins with a "

3) cat sample | tr "\n" " " | tr '"' "\n" | wc -l
Will produce a number. If normally three fields with " for each valid record, then take the resulting number from the command and divide by (twice the normal # fields).
The command above showed me 12 for my sample file, and I knew my sample has three fields with ". So 12/(3*2) = 2 records


p.s.
Be cautious of the "bump" to move a question. I always scan questions for those with zero responses - to work on first. Then, time permitting, go back to others that I previously skipped over. Therefore, your "bump" can have the reverse effect.

Thanks Joey..
cat sample | tr "\n" " " | tr '"' "\n" | wc -l..seems to be working..
when I tried..found an issue..for one of the record the data has multiple double quotes ..("xyz","abc","toys ""R"" us", "def", "hij","....)..
coz of this I'm not getting a round value count..how do I handle this?
 

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RECSEL(1)							   User Commands							 RECSEL(1)

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       recsel - print records from a recfile

SYNOPSIS

       recsel [OPTION]... [-t TYPE] [-n INDEXES | -e RECORD_EXPR | -q EXPR | -m NUM] [-c | (-p|-P) FIELD_EXPR] [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

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       -d, --include-descriptors
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       -S, --sort=FIELD
	      sort the output by the specified field.

       -U, --uniq
	      remove duplicated fields in the output records.

       -s, --password=STR
	      decrypt confidential fields with the given password.

       --help print a help message and exit.

       --version
	      show version and exit.

   Record selection options:
       -i, --case-insensitive
	      make strings case-insensitive in selection expressions.

       -t, --type=TYPE
	      operate on records of the specified type only.

       -e, --expression=EXPR
	      selection expression.

       -q, --quick=STR
	      select records with fields containing a string.

       -n, --number=NUM,...
	      select specific records by position, with ranges.

       -R, --random=NUM
	      select a given number of random records.

   Output options:
       -p, --print=FIELDS
	      comma-separated list of fields to print for each matching record.

       -P, --print-values=FIELDS
	      as -p, but print only the values of the selected fields.

       -R, --print-row=FIELDS
	      as -P, but separate the values with spaces instead of newlines.

       -c, --count
	      print a count of the matching records instead of the records themselves.

   Special options:
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