UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Code:

ls -l > temp
awk '{print $ $NF,length($NF)}' temp

Why is there an extra $

just use

Code:

ls -l > temp
awk '{print  $NF,length($NF)}' temp

also if you donot want the total number of files to appear
grep -v 'total'


HTH,
PL

Helooo...Daptal

ls -l > temp
awk '{print $NF,length($NF)}' temp
gives


36 2
21.sh 5
21.sh~ 6
good.sh 7
good.sh~ 8
input 5
new1.sh 7
new1.sh~ 8
temp 4
test1.sh 8
test1.sh~ 9
today.sh 8
today.sh~ 9

But I need like this , so what to do....

-rw-r--r-- 1 krishna users 146 2010-03-10 10:12 21.sh 5
-rw-r--r-- 1 krishna users 146 2010-03-10 10:11 21.sh~ 6
-rw-r--r-- 1 krishna users 49 2010-03-10 12:09 good.sh 7
-rw-r--r-- 1 krishna users 0 2010-03-10 12:08 good.sh~ 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 krishna users 505 2010-03-09 11:42 input 5
-rw-r--r-- 1 krishna users 34 2010-03-08 06:19 new1.sh 7
-rw-r--r-- 1 krishna users 2 2010-03-08 06:15 new1.sh~ 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 krishna users 681 2010-03-10 12:09 temp 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 krishna users 69 2010-03-08 06:08 test1.sh 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 krishna users 2 2010-03-08 05:55 test1.sh~ 9
-rw-r--r-- 1 krishna users 98 2010-03-09 11:42 today.sh 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 krishna users 0 2010-03-09 11:42 today.sh~ 9

How about this...

Code:

ls -l > temp
awk '{print  $0,length($NF)}' temp

Okk thank you

it works fine,,,