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# 1  
Old 01-30-2010
Help with simple for statement please
Hi guys,

I'm typing the following command, but I'm getting a different output than expected.

Code:
for file in *20*
  do
    ls -l $file | wc -l 
  done

Instead of listing a total count of the files, it seems to be counting each file and then printing the number of the file - which is 1. How can I can a total count of all the file with *20*?
# 2  
Old 01-30-2010
Hi.

Do you mean the line count of all files?:

Code:
cat *20* | wc -l

Or do you mean the number of files?:
Code:
ls *20* | wc -l

# 3  
Old 01-30-2010
I'm looking for the number of files *20*.
# 4  
Old 01-30-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by bbbngowc
I'm looking for the number of files *20*.
Yes, sorry, I mis-interpreted your post, and updated mine before you replied with, I think, the answer you were looking for.
# 5  
Old 01-30-2010
No, I can't use a simple ls -l command as there are more than 12,000 files in the directory. I'm getting "Arg list too long" error, thus the for statement.

How can I get a count of the files using the for statement?
# 6  
Old 01-30-2010
I didn't use ls -l

Code:
echo *20* | wc -w # if your filenames don't have spaces

Or take what you had and change it to:
Code:
for file in *20*
  do
    ls "$file"
  done | wc -l

but that'll probably take all day!
Last edited by Scott; 01-30-2010 at 10:23 AM..
# 7  
Old 01-30-2010
Thanks dude.

They both worked!!!!

Sweet!
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