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Old 08-05-2014
Nawk command to output in var
Hi

I have this command, which counts number of lines in a specific file and then prints it on screen.
Code:
nawk 'NF{c++}END{print "Number of GPS coordinates in file: "c}' $filename


I would like to have the output put into a variable, but can't seem to find the correct argument for it.

How do I manage that ?

Thanks in advance


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# 2  
Old 08-05-2014
Code:
my_variable=$(nawk 'NF{c++}END{print "Number of GPS coordinates in file: "c}' $filename)
echo $my_variable

# 3  
Old 08-05-2014
Ahh great, thanks alot...

Had tried different approaches without luck, was pretty sure i could be done... thanks Smilie
# 4  
Old 08-05-2014
A variant: store only the number.
Code:
cnt=$(nawk 'NF{c++}END{print c}' $filename)
echo "Number of GPS coordinates in file: $cnt"

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