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Re: wc

From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: wc
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:24:42 -0600
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According to Pádraig Brady on 6/12/2009 8:00 AM:
> Note also that wc can output particular counts in isolation.
> I.E. this will get the same affect as your original:
> 
> wc -w FILE | cut -d' ' -f1

Even better:

wc -w < FILE

- --
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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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