On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 03:45:17PM +0100, Hans M?ller wrote: > Hello when i use the wc command i get many spaces. > for example: > [frank@homer dnetc483-linux-x86-elf]$ ls|wc -l > 6 > [frank@homer dnetc483-linux-x86-elf]$ > but at all scipt saples the output are: > [xxxx@xxx]$ ls|wc -l > x > [xxxx@xxx]$ > so i cannot use the output in a script. Who can help? Then use ls | wc -l | sed 's/^ *//' to strip the spaces. -- -- Jos Vos <jos@xxxxxx> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204
