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09-23-05, 11:55

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Cool

Try this:

Code:

head -1 infile.txt|awk -F\| '{print NF;}'

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09-27-05, 18:11

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Originally Posted by LKBrwn_DBA

Try this:

Code:

head -1 infile.txt|awk -F\| '{print NF;}'

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awk -F\| '{print NF;exit}' infile.txt

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