Unix Command !

[Rvir]

I've source file with 55907987 records .Iam writing it to a flat file. But when i count the number of records in the target like
$ gunzip -c filename |wc -l i get 55908012 records .Iam using a ETL tool to write in to a flat file.In the ETL process iam doing nothing other than extracting and writing it down in the flat file.Iam wondering if iam doing somethin incorrect on unix command line ???

 

[Annihilannic]

No, your command looks fine.

Are you sure the output file doesn't contain some kind of header or footer that would account for the 25 extra lines?

Annihilannic.

 

[mrn]

Are there blanks lines in the file?

Try

gunzip -c filename | grep -v ^$ | wc -l



Mike

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