append writing to file aswell

robertkwild · 02-20-2017, 09:22 AM

hi all,

im doing this command and appending it to a text document it works great

find . -type f | wc -l >> oo.txt

it appears like this in the file

180416

how do i get it to write something in the beginning like

how many files = 180416

many thanks,

rob

pan64 · 02-20-2017, 09:45 AM

>> will do only append, you need to use sed, awk or another tool to write before.
Or you can first write the given text into that file and execute your command afterward.

dijetlo · 02-20-2017, 09:57 AM

echo 'File Count =' $(find . -type f | wc -l) >> oo.txt

Which is effectively just what Pan said to do.

robertkwild · 02-20-2017, 10:38 AM

thanks dijetlo

dijetlo · 02-20-2017, 12:23 PM

No worries Rob, we all get by with a little help from our friends...