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Old 08-15-2011
Counting # of lines
Counting number of lines: sp

I am trying to figure out a script to count the number of text files in cywig and have it give me a number (as the answer) any help would be appreciated.

I am new here, so be gentle Smilie
Last edited by unicksjp; 08-15-2011 at 09:46 PM..
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Old 08-16-2011
Code:
wc -l  inputfilename

You have to have installed the coreutils part of cygwin for this to work.
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Old 08-17-2011
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Originally Posted by unicksjp
Counting number of lines: sp
count the number of text files
Assuming your text files have extension as .txt , try following

'cd' to your directory where files are located and execute command given below
or
instead of '.' (dot) in the `find` command below use path of your directory where text files are located

find . -name "*.txt" | wc -l

Pls post whether it helped
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Old 08-17-2011
Code:
$ grep -c "" yourfile

 
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