Re: Loop with files coming through sorted by name

[Daniel Mills]

On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 10:10 PM tolugboji <tolugboji@protonmail.com> wrote:

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>    nf=$( echo "$fnam" | awk -F '-' '{print NF}')
>    ifld=$(( nf + 1 ))
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if you're using NF like this, you don't want to add 1, you're ending up
with a value that's too high. I wouldn't get awk involved here, just do
nf=${fname//[!-]}; ifld=$((${#nf}+1)). Much faster.