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How to Count Number of Lines in a File in Linux (wc and nl Command Examples)
时间 2013-02-13 20:00:22 TheGeek Stuff
原文 http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2013/02/wc-nl-examples/
主题 Linux
Linux commands wc and nl will help you to identify the number of words, lines, bytes, etc, in a file. This tutorial explains how to use these two very useful command with various examples.
The basic text file that will be used in examples throughout this article is shown below :
$ cat sort.txt UK Australia Newzealand Brazil America
Linux nl Command Examples
The nl utility in Linux is used to number lines of a file.Here is the syntax and description from man page :
SYNOPSIS
nl [OPTION]… [FILE]…
DESCRIPTION
Write each FILE to standard output, with line numbers added. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
1. A basic example
Here is a basic example that explains how nl command can be used to number lines of a file.$ cat sort.txt UK Australia Newzealand Brazil America
$ nl sort.txt
1 UK
2 Australia
3 Newzealand
4 Brazil
5 America
So we see that using nl command, all the lines of file sort.txt got numbered.
2. Increment line numbers with any value using -i option
The option -i can be used to override the default increment of 1 in line numbers.Here is an example where we have used -i to increase the line number increment to 5 :
$ nl -i5 sort.txt 1 UK 6 Australia 11 Newzealand 16 Brazil 21 America
Instead of the default 1,2,3… the line numbers are now displayed in increments of 5 (i.e 1,6,11…)
3. Add string after line numbers using -s option
By default, the nl command adds only line numbers. But, through -s option, any string can be added that can act as a separator between line numbers and the line text.Here is an example:
$ nl -s. sort.txt 1.UK 2.Australia 3.Newzealand 4.Brazil 5.America
So we see that the character ‘.’ was added after line numbers.
4. Use a different column for line numbers using -w option
Columns for line number display can be changed using -w option.Here is an example :
$ nl -w1 sort.txt 1 UK 2 Australia 3 Newzealand 4 Brazil 5 America $ nl -w2 sort.txt 1 UK 2 Australia 3 Newzealand 4 Brazil 5 America $ nl -w3 sort.txt 1 UK 2 Australia 3 Newzealand 4 Brazil 5 America $ nl -w4 sort.txt 1 UK 2 Australia 3 Newzealand 4 Brazil 5 America $ nl -w5 sort.txt 1 UK 2 Australia 3 Newzealand 4 Brazil 5 America $ nl -w6 sort.txt 1 UK 2 Australia 3 Newzealand 4 Brazil 5 America
The exhaustive output above gives a good idea as to how the display column for line numbers can be changed.
5. Use STYLE for numbering lines using -b option
Various STYLEs are available for line numbering. From the man page :STYLE is one of:
a – number all lines
t – number only nonempty lines
n – number no lines
pBRE – number only lines that contain a match for the basic regular expression, BRE
In the example below, I have used a regular expression ‘pA’ as a STYLE with option -b. This regular expression matches the lines beginning with ‘A’ and so nl command numbers only those lines.
$ nl -bpA sort.txt UK 1 Australia Newzealand Brazil 2 America
So we see that only the lines beginning with ‘A’ were numbered.
6. Use different FORMAT for inserting line numbers using -n options
There are various FORMATs available for inserting line numbers. From the man page :FORMAT is one of:
ln – left justified, no leading zeros
rn – right justified, no leading zeros
rz – right justified, leading zeros
Here is an example that demonstrated all the above formats:
$ nl -nln sort.txt 1 UK 2 Australia 3 Newzealand 4 Brazil 5 America $ nl -nrn sort.txt 1 UK 2 Australia 3 Newzealand 4 Brazil 5 America $ nl -nrz sort.txt 000001 UK 000002 Australia 000003 Newzealand 000004 Brazil 000005 America
Please note that you can also use sed command to count the number of lines in a file .
Linux wc Command Examples
The wc utility in Linux is used print information like number of newlines, words, byte counts of a file.Here is the syntax and description from man page :
SYNOPSIS
wc [OPTION]… [FILE]…
wc [OPTION]… –files0-from=F
DESCRIPTION
Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified. With no FILE, or
when FILE is -, read standard input. A word is a non-zero-length sequence of characters delimited by white space.
1. A basic example
Here is a basic example of Linux wc command :$ cat sort.txt UK Australia Newzealand Brazil America
$ wc sort.txt
5 5 41 sort.txt
The three numbers produced in output correspond to number of lines, number of words and number of bytes. These three numbers are followed by name of the file.
2. Display word count through -w option
The word count of a file can be displayed explicitly through -w option.Here is an example :
$ wc -w sort.txt 5 sort.txt
So we see that number of words were printed followed by the file name.
3. Display length of longest line through -L option
The wc command provides an option -L that can be used to display the length of longest line in the file.Here is an example :
$ wc -L sort.txt 10 sort.txt
So we see that length of the longest line (‘Newzealand’ in our case) was displayed in the output.
4. Display number of newlines through -l option
The wc command provides an option -l through which number of newlines can be displayed in the output.Here is an example :
$ wc -l sort.txt 5 sort.txt
So we see that there were 5 newlines in the file sort.txt
5. Display number of bytes through -c option
Total number of bytes in a file can be displayed by using -c option of the wc command.Here is an example :
$ wc -c sort.txt 41 sort.txt
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