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Old 02-23-2012
sed search and wc
I have a file of the following

Code:
>!#jjdjahfjdhfjkds
aklsjdlkasdkashfjkdshfkjdsbfnbsdkjnfbdsk
>*kfjhdsafjdshjfkhdsjkfhdsk
wuyruiewyrieyueytireuytreyu
>-jdfhsjsjkdhfd
xzmncxzbvnmcxbvbcxn

I would like to do a wc for the lines starting with >

For the above example, the result is 3.

Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Scott; 02-23-2012 at 12:32 PM.. Reason: Code tags
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Old 02-23-2012
Hi.

You can easily do that with grep
Code:
$ grep -c '^>' file
3

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Old 02-23-2012
Code:
grep -c "^>" inputfile

Code:
grep "^>" inputfile | wc -l

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Late post: Already answered by Scott
Last edited by balajesuri; 02-23-2012 at 12:38 PM.. Reason: Late post
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