How to count lines from result o/p?

ddenial · 10-14-2020, 01:06 AM

Hello All

I want to count how many packages are there in flathub. So I issued the following command. Since I have multiple installations, It will ask which path before showing output.

Code:

$ flatpak remote-ls flathub 
Remote ‘flathub’ found in multiple installations:
1) system
2) user
Which do you want to use (0 to abort)? [0-2]:

If I give line count, I get this error

Code:

$ flatpak remote-ls flathub | wc -l
error: No remote chosen to resolve ‘flathub’ which exists in multiple installations
4

I resolved this by adding --user option

Code:

$ flatpak --user remote-ls flathub | wc -l
1658

But hypothetically, what if I didn't had --user option, and I have to give some intermediate answer, how then should I counted lines?

I hope my question is clear?

Thanks

pan64 · 10-14-2020, 02:26 AM

I can only guess: user has a different configuration, so different remotes would be used.

MadeInGermany · 10-14-2020, 02:35 AM

You can try

Code:

echo 2 | flatpak remote-ls flathub | wc -l