Word Count for a specific set of files

[Hugh E Cruickshank]

From: Nabin Limbu Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 07:01
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> j=1
> for i in `ls -1rS`
> do
> if [ $j -gt 10 ]; then exit; fi
> j=`expr $j + 1`
> echo `wc -w $i`
> done
> 

Or:

for F in `ls -1rS | head -10`; { wc -w $F; }

Regards, Hugh

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Hugh E Cruickshank, Forward Software, www.forward-software.com