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Old 01-13-2011
syntax for counting & printing record count
Hi
I have a complex script which outputs a text file for loading into a db.

I now need to enhance this script do that I can issue an ‘lp' command
to show the count of the number of records in this file.

Can anybody give me the necessary syntax ?
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Old 01-13-2011
Sorry....I do not fully understand...
I was under the impression that "lp" was to print files to a printer...
Are you after "wc -l" to get the line count ?
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Old 01-13-2011
Hi citaylor

Lets say my file contents look like this :-
abc|def|ghi
123/456|789
mno|pqr|stu
987|654|321

I want my script to be able to print the following line to an attached unix printer :

"4 records updated to database", (with the date and time included if possible).

Sorry if I wasn't clear in my earlier post !
 
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