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**Anilrgowda** · 29-Nov-2007, 02:57 AM

as wc does not have a option to skip the filename in the output you need to use cat :-(

$( wc -l $2.$$ ) should become $( cat $2.$$ | wc -l ) an no filename should be printed.

29-Nov-2007, 02:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
Anilrgowda Administrator Posts: 18,715 Join Date: Jan 2006 Rep Power: 10 IM:	Re: grep and write to file from Shell script as wc does not have a option to skip the filename in the output you need to use cat :-( $( wc -l $2.$$ ) should become $( cat $2.$$ \| wc -l ) an no filename should be printed. ------------------