Hello when i use the wc command i get many spaces. for example: [frank at homer dnetc483-linux-x86-elf]$ ls|wc -l 6 [frank at homer dnetc483-linux-x86-elf]$ but at all scipt saples the output are: [xxxx at xxx]$ ls|wc -l x [xxxx at xxx]$ so i cannot use the output in a script. Who can help?