-exec wc -l {} \; prints count and path, I just need count

Question

Lines=(find $FILEDIRECTORY -iname "*$FILEENDING" -exec wc -l {} \;)

The User can put in his path and file ending and it should count how many lines each program has... if User just wc -l it prints me out how man files I have with that file ending what I want is:

100
78
45

So from every file the lines

Answer 1

You may use it like this:

find $FILEDIRECTORY -iname "*$FILEENDING" -exec \
sh -c 'for f; do wc -l < "$f"; done' _ {} +

Please understand that:

• wc -l < file only prints line count without filename
• + after exec is much more efficient than \; as find tries to pass multiple files in argument.
• for f is shorthand for for f in "$@"

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Altenative Solution:

find $FILEDIRECTORY -iname "*$FILEENDING" -exec grep -hc '^' {} +

If + doesn't work in your find then use:

find $FILEDIRECTORY -iname "*$FILEENDING" -exec grep -hc '^' {} \;