Shell Programming and Scripting

echo -n "Count:" > file2.txt; wc -l file.txt | cut -d' ' -f1 >> file2.txt

awk 'END{print "Count: " NR-1}' file > newfile

#!/bin/bash
x=-1
while read line;do let ++x;done < file
echo Count: $x >> new_file

 
echo -n "Count: " > file2.txt; echo $( expr `wc -l file.txt | cut -d' ' -f1` - 1) >> file2.txt

echo "Count: `sed -n '2,$ p' file | wc -l`" > newfile

perl -lne '$.>=2 and $i++; END{print "Count: ",$i}' file > newfile

perl -nE 'push @x,$_; END{say "Count: ",$#x}' file > newfile
 
perl -lne '$i++; END{print "Count: ",$i-1}' file > newfile

perl -lne 'END{print "Count: ",$.-1}' file > newfile

perl -nE 'END{say "Count: ",$.-1}' file > newfile