Jacob Meuser wrote: > well, I didn't know about wc -c, thanks. however, the output, > at least on my system, is not easily parsable, as it is oddly > aligned, with varying amounts of space.
If you use "wc -c < file" instead of "wc -c file" then wc doesn't print the file name. -- Bob Miller K<bob> kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
