From: Liddle Craig - cliddl (CLIDDL@ACXIOM.CO.UK)
Date: Thu May 22 2003 - 11:21:48 EDT
try
awk 'NR != num {exit 1}' num=$desired $file
Or something along those lines
-----Original Message-----
From: John Dunn [mailto:john.dunn@SEFAS.CO.UK]
Sent: 22 May 2003 14:57
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: scripting question
Is it possible to write a one line command that will test whether a file
contains a specific number of lines, returning 0 if it dies, 1 if it doesn't
I've been playing around with wc and test with no luck.
John
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