On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:41:32 +1300 Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Steve Holdoway wrote: > > John Rye wrote: > > >> Could someone show me how to count the total number of words in a > >> group of > >> files which are located in the same directory? > > > cat * | wc -w > > better: > > wc -w * > > > Interestingly, the directory I tried it on here (full of Java code) > gives 173918 for "cat * | wc -w" and 173920 for "wc -w *". I get the same kind of variance too - but for my purposes the difference is of no real concern. Thanks Carl
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