John Doe wrote: > From: hadi motamedi <motamedi24 at gmail.com> >> Can you please do me favor and let me know if I can go further and try for >> advanced search like finding how many rows inside a file have data that >> does not start with a zero after the third comma ? > > Something like: awk -F, ' { print $4 } ' | grep -v "^0" | wc -l Use one > command at a time to see how they work with each other (you might have to > modify the grep a bit)... *sigh* Drive me crazy, why use multiple commands? awk -F 'BEGIN { FS = ","; }{if ( $3 !~ /^0 ) { count++; }} END { print count }' filename mark "why, yes, since you ask, I *have* written 100 and 200 line awk scripts" -- Though I don't think (object-oriented programming) has much to offer good programmers, except in certain specialized domains, it is irresistible to large organizations. Object-oriented programming offers a sustainable way to write spaghetti code. - Paul Graham