On 3/16/06, Vidyadutt S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> FILE=$1
> FIELDS=$2
> cat $FILE | while read RECORD
> do
> if [ `printf "$RECORD" | awk -F\| '{ print NF }'` -ne $FIELDS ]; then
> NM_CNT=`expr $NM_CNT + 1`
> printf "NM_CNT=$NM_CNT\n"
> fi
> done
> printf "NM_CNT=$NM_CNT\n"
> return $NM_CNT
>
I am a novice at programming but so don't flame me if I am wrong but the
problem can be with the line marked in bold. Shouldn't you be returning
NM-CNT instead of $NM_CNT?
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