On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 04:38:21PM +0200, Spanke, Alexander wrote: > > How can i count the lines of a text file and store it in a variable. But i > should use the bash, so no perl, python script should it be.
[seyman@munshine seyman]$ linecount=`wc -l < file.txt` [seyman@munshine seyman]$ echo $linecount 31 Emmanuel -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list