#!/bin/bash # Shell script to find the number of files present in the current # directory without using WC command. # NOTE/TIP: # If allowed to use WC command then it should be as follows: # ls | wc -l # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Copyright (c) 2005 nixCraft project # This script is licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC) # Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information. # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE="/tmp/count.txt" echo -n "Enter directory name : " read dname ls $dname > $FILE echo "No of files in directory : $(grep [^*$] $FILE -c)" rm -f $FILE
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#file1
ls > count
./file2 `cat count`
#file2
echo $#
It is lower case. Look at how the word “shell” is spelled a little higher.
The wc line in the comment should be:
ls | wc -l
(with a lower case l, not uppercase as you have it shown)
lol, rm -f $FILE ?