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# 8  
Old 07-14-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by joeyg
Code:
cat file1 | grep "^10 " | wc -l

will return number of lines that begin with a 10 (and not 100)
Its returning: 0

The list looks like this -the private personal data I've removed.

101149025 551105931219941213P1
101159450 481231331219941218P1
101306874 651101521319950620P1

So, it should be working shouldn't it?
# 9  
Old 07-14-2008
Hammer & Screwdriver By 10 you are only looking at first two digits, so...
Code:
cat file1 | grep "^10" | wc -l

without the extra space after the 10 -- from your original description, I thought you meant a 10 and then a space.
# 10  
Old 07-14-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by joeyg
Code:
cat file1 | grep "^10" | wc -l

without the extra space after the 10 -- from your original description, I thought you meant a 10 and then a space.
Thanks, Joeyg. That did it. Thanks for taking your time to help. I'm such a Unix idiot.
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