Wasted. :) Or, consider it a skill building exercise.
* * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:25 AM, James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Does it? For years I've worked on the premise that the /c switch displays > only the count of lines containing the string, and doesn't work > intelligently with /v. If it does work the other way, I've wasted years with > useless routines :-) > > > > On 26 October 2011 09:21, Mark Thatcher <thatche...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Or just use: >> >> type textfile.txt | find /c /v "OK" >> >> which does give the correct count of lines without "OK" >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:09 PM, James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com> >> wrote: >> > DIdn't read your post properly >> > >> > try >> > >> > type textfile.txt | find /c /v "~" >> > >> > (assuming ~ isn't used in any lines in the file) >> > >> > and then subtract from that the number you got from my first command I >> sent. >> > Not elegant but should tell you what you want >> > >> > On 26 October 2011 08:48, Oliver Marshall < >> oliver.marsh...@g2support.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi chaps >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Any good DOS people here? Can someone help me with a batch file command >> >> line ? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I want to return the number of lines within a text file that don’t >> contain >> >> OK. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> That is I’ll have a text file like this; >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Value 1 : OK >> >> >> >> Value 2 : FAIL >> >> >> >> Value 3 : OK >> >> >> >> Value 4 : WARNING >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I want to return the number of lines that don’t have OK on them. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Any ideas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Olly >> >> >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
