how to get the number of line of a file?

loplayers · 10-24-2007, 03:47 AM

i want to use a variable to save the number of line of a file~
what is the syntax and command. Thanks

Dinithion · 10-24-2007, 03:57 AM

you could use 'wc -l <file>' to get the number of lines in a file. The same command (wc) can be used to count various things. To store in a variable, you could use this command:
export variable_name=`wc -l filename.txt | awk '{print $1}'`

colucix · 10-24-2007, 04:10 AM

Another way, using only awk can be

Code:

variable=$(gawk 'END{print NR}' filename)

here I used the $( ) form for command substitution.