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Old 03-15-2010
Error appending the count of line in each file at head of each file

hello everybody,
I have some files in directory.each file contain some data.
my requirement is add the count of each line of file in head of each file.
any advice !!!!!!!!
# 2  
Old 03-15-2010
Here is absic example now you can change it as per ur requirement

Code:
for filename in *;
do
count=`wc -l $filename |awk '{ print $1 }'`

echo "$count in $filename"
# Here add comand to add the count of each line of file in head of  file
done

# 3  
Old 03-15-2010
The following code for basic. It will work for only one file. If you need to implement for all files.

Code:
use strict;
use warnings;

open FH,"<file" or die "Can't Open $!";
my @array;
while(<FH>)
{
    push(@array,$_);
}
my $var=$#array+1;
close FH;
open FH,">file" or die "Can't Open $!";
print FH "$var\n";
print FH "@array";

# 4  
Old 03-15-2010
Bug

Use the following script for getting the line count of the each file in a directory in head of the each file.

Code:
for file in `ls .`
do
if [ -f $file ]
then
var=`wc -l $file | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
`sed -i "1i \$var" $file`
fi
done


Last edited by rekha_sri; 03-15-2010 at 06:39 AM..
# 5  
Old 03-15-2010
thanks a lot rehka ...its working....
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