Hi James H. Cutts, Hope this will help you #!/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 With Regards Nabin Limbu James H. Cutts III said: > I need some shell scripting assistance. I want a word count of the > smallest 10 files in a directory. > > I can get the list of the smallest 10 files: ls -1S | tail > > I can get the count of a list of files: wc <fn1> <fn2> ... <fn10> > > How can I put these two commands together to get wc to use the list of > files I get back from the ls / tail command. > > Thanks, > James H. Cutts III > Computer Project Manager > SOM-RES / CORI > University of Missouri - Columbia > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
