script error

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi gurus,
I have a script in which i m using following line of code
no_record=echo `wc -l filename` | cut -f1 -d" "

while executing the script i getting
ksh: 21466: not found error.

please help me in resolve this issue

Thanks in advance
Manish

2

no_record=`wc -l filename | cut -f1 -d" " `

3

now i am not recieving any error but getting blank in the variable.

4

Hi Manish,

What you are expecting by executing this command...do you need number of lines ?

5

try this:

records=$(awk 'END{print NR}' file)
6 
no_record=$( wc -l < filename )