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Why Does My Unix Counted Spelling Error Add Up Different From The Number They Should?

% spell test1.txt | wc -w
3
% spell test2.txt | wc -w
4
% spell test1.txt test2.txt | wc -w
6
%
Adds up to six but should be seven why is showing only six?

How To Read Line By Line From Unix Shell(bash)?

I have a file named abcd.txt. I want to read that file using BASH one line at a time. I tried using CAT but it just displays whole file. How to read it?

Why Won’t My Dynamic Flash Text Load Properly On A Windows Server? But Fine On A Unix?

Have txt files that load into flash movies for a website. They work fine on a unix server but on a windows server all the formatting, spacing etc gets mucked up. Is there a quick fix of some sort?

Why Won’t My Dynamic Flash Text Load Properly On A Windows Server? But Fine On A Unix?

Have txt files that load into flash movies for a website. They work fine on a unix server but on a windows server all the formatting, spacing etc gets mucked up. Is there a quick fix of some sort?

Running Unix Commands On Windows Vista?

I want to run a simple unix command (sort file.txt | uniq > newfile.txt), but I don’t know how to do it on my Vista machine.
Is there any way to do this, preferably without downloading any software? Using the command prompt will let me run a sort command on the file.txt, but it doesn’t [...]

Please Help With The Unix Command Question?

Assuming that you have spent days writing your lab report (in the file my_lab_report.txt) in the
Unix environment, what will be displayed in the text editor after you have executed the
following four-command sequence at the Unix prompt:
cd my_important_files
mv my_lab_report.txt my_assignment.doc
rm my_assignment.doc
jot my_lab_report.txt

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