Shell Programming and Scripting

ok its working but its not displaying any results. just


/export/home/sieben01/itec400/homework> ./maxlines.sh
File has the maximum lines with lines.


im guessing its in this statement. the awk print statements. should the print $1 and print $2 be changed?

Code:

printf "File `echo $FILE | awk '{print $2}'` has the maximum lines with `echo $1| awk '{print $1}'` lines.\n"
exit 0

more typos spotted:

Code:

wc-l

needs to be

Code:

wc -l

;

Code:

`echo $1| awk '{print $1}'` lines.\n"

needs to be

Code:

`echo $LINE| awk '{print $1}'` lines.\n"

ok almost working. the first part is working just not teh line count


File printnum.sh has the maximum lines with lines.

Code:

FILE=$(wc -l `ls` 2>/dev/null | sort -bn | tail -n 2 | head -n 1)
printf "File `echo $FILE | awk '{print $2}'` has the maximum lines with `echo $LINE| awk '{print $1}'` lines.\n"
exit 0

works here...I note that you provide no screenshots to support just how it's not working. You might want to step your way across the pipes to ensure each progressive leg provides what you're looking for...before handing it off to the subsequent print statement.

You might also drop the embedded `ls` and go with a globbed * approach:

Code:

wc -l * 2>/dev/null |sort -bn |tail -n 2 |head -n 1

...and switch to simply using print, instead of the printf, which expects arguments...

Good luck.

got it working. thanks guys