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Old 02-16-2009
echo command and piping
Hi,

I have heard you can use the echo command and piping together and was wondering if you can help me out.

I want to be able to use the echo command and pipe together to tell me how many files are in my current working directory, which have only my username read, write and execute permissions.

Is this at all possible?
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Old 02-16-2009
something to start not differentiating between files and directories AND assuming that files/directory names don't have embedded spaces in their names:
Code:
echo * |wc -w

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Old 02-16-2009
Thanks I also have another quick question, what command do I need to use to show the number of regular files in my directory? as I am a little bit confused on what is the difference between regular files and other files. Is it the same as the files in the content of the directory?
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Old 02-16-2009
Code:
ls -F -1 | sed '/.*\//d'|wc -l

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Old 02-16-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
Code:
ls -F -1 | sed '/.*\//d'|wc -l

Wow seems quite complicated!
 
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