any suggestions how to make the counting proper for empty and non-empty list?

with echo -n:
$ echo -n /lib/modules/2.6.22.16-3/misc/nvidia.ko | wc -l
0

$ echo -n ""| wc -l
0

with echo:
$ echo /lib/modules/2.6.22.16-3/misc/nvidia.ko | wc -l
1

$ echo ""| wc -l
1

$

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glen
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