#!/bin/sh
cat test.txt| sed '1d' | sed '$d' > /tmp/tmp1.txt
while read line
do
typeset -i count=`echo $line | tr ' ' '}' | wc -c`
finalcount=`expr $count - 1`
echo $finalcount
done < /tmp/tmp1.txt
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now, test.txt is hardcoded.....i want to check how can my code consider the file which the user specifies.... in short i want to read the file which will be inputted by the user.
please help
Last edited by Franklin52; 03-26-2012 at 03:27 AM..
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