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Old 11-12-2007
to grep and find the count
Hi

My files is like

a|test|s|
b|test2 | n|
c|ggg|v|

i want to count the no of lines which is ending with "|" ...
Please let me know how can it be done.

Thanks,
Arun
# 2  
Old 11-12-2007
Code:
grep -c "|$" filename

# 3  
Old 11-12-2007
Thanks , Working ...

can you please tell what "|$" $ means ..

Thanks
Aruun
# 4  
Old 11-12-2007
$ indicates end-of-line (and ^ would indicate start-of-line)
-c option of grep tells you the count instead of actual lines
# 5  
Old 11-12-2007
great explanation thanks ...
 
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