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cfaj
02-18-2007 10:39 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by
makyo
Hi.
Here is an alternative to sed for skipping the first 2 lines of a file, namely by using
tail
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[CODE]#!/bin/sh
# @(#) s1 Demonstrate tail copying from beginning.
rm -f t1 t2
seq 100 >t1
L1=$( cat t1 | wc -l )
Why are you using cat?
Code:
L1=$( wc -l < t1 )
makyo
02-19-2007 07:08 AM
Hi, cfaj.
Left-over habit. Thanks for pointing out the better construction ... cheers, makyo
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