GNU bug report logs - #6356
How to avoid showing the 'total' line with wc -l?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Peng Yu <pengyu.ut <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 16:34:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

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From: Peng Yu <pengyu.ut <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: How to avoid showing the 'total' line with wc -l?
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 11:33:50 -0500

When I use wc -l *.txt, it show the total number of lines at the end.
I don't necessary need this last line. Is there a way to disable it?

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Peng
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From: Davide Brini <dave_br <at> gmx.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6356: How to avoid showing the 'total' line with wc -l?
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 18:41:44 +0100

On Saturday 05 June 2010, Peng Yu wrote:

> When I use wc -l *.txt, it show the total number of lines at the end.
> I don't necessary need this last line. Is there a way to disable it?

It's dictated by POSIX. You can try

wc -l *.txt | head -n -1

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bug closed, send any further explanations to 6356 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Peng Yu <pengyu.ut <at> gmail.com> Request was from Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:20:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:24:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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