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Old 03-13-2013
Number of lines in file
How can I find the number of lines in a file excluding lines
starting with #?
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Old 03-13-2013
Code:
grep -cv "^#" file

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Old 03-13-2013
Code:
awk '!/^#/{a++}END{print a}' filename

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Old 03-13-2013
Code:
grep  -v  "^#"  file  | wc -l

v - Invert the sense of matching, to select non-matching lines
Last edited by radoulov; 03-13-2013 at 12:56 PM..
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Old 03-13-2013
Or all in one awk:
Code:
awk '!/^#/ { N++ } END { print N }' inputfile

Or all in one grep:

Code:
grep -v -c "^#" filename

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