Hey You can get around this with a pipe :
$ cat README | wc -l 3 will just output the linenumber. Hope this helped. Cheers Didi On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: coreutils > Version: 6.10-3 > Severity: wishlist > > > Description: > > $ wc -l README > 200 README > > This is fine for interactive use, but not convenient in shell scripts, > because the outpur cannot be easily handles. Many times only the > integer value is needed: > > lines=$(wc -l $file) > > if [ $lines > $max ]; then # ERROR! > ... do something > fi > > SUGGESTION > > Of course there are various workarounds, but it would be nice to have > new option > > --no-filename > > That would suppress the filename from the ooutput listing. Naturally > if multiple files were given: > > wc -l --no-filename a b c > > The listing would only include the (-l) counts and suppress the names. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) > Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages coreutils depends on: > ii libacl1 2.2.45-1 Access control list shared > library > ii libc6 2.7-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > ii libselinux1 2.0.35-1 SELinux shared libraries > > coreutils recommends no packages. > > -- debconf-show failed > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-coreutils mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils > -- Cheers Dietger ---- www.cern.ch/ribalba / www.ribalba.de Email / Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone (Work) : +41 22 7679376 Skype : ribalba Address : CERN / IT-FIO-FS / GENEVE 23/ SCHWEIZ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
