Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 19:31:09 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Better way to get link count from shell? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105161926480.75285-100000@ren.sasknow.com>
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Hey everybody...
Maybe it's the summer heat. Is there any preferred method to getting the
link count of a file from the shell (any shell), i.e., in a shell script?
I'm using
/bin/ls -lda $filename | awk '{print $2}'
but that, while convenient, is perhaps a bit clunky. Maybe it's the way to
go, though. I don't really see any portability issues.
I suppose the alternative would be to code a quick C program, but that
seems equally clunky (if a bit faster in a loop).
Am I missing anything obvious here?
Thanks,
- Ryan
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