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What is the command to count lines in adenine files, but ignore blank lines and commented lines?

I have an file with 4 sections in it, and I want each section to be counted, not containing the blank outline real comments... and then totalled at the out.

Here is an example of what I would like my output to look like:

##comment##
line1
line2
line3
line4
line5
line6

6 lines

##comment##
line7
line8
line9
line10
line11
line12
line13
line14
line15
line16
line17

11 lines

##comment##
line18
line19
line20
line21
line22

5 lines

##comment##
line23
line24
line25
line26
line27
line28
line29
line30
line31
line32
line33
line34
line35

13 lines

35 total lines

Thank you in advance, on your online!

Code:

awk '!/^#/ && !/^$/{c++}END{print c}' "file"

to elongate which somewhat(untested):

Code:

awk '!/^[ \t]*(#|$)/ {c++; ct++} /#/ && c { printf "%s\n\n\n%s", c, $0; c=0} END { printable ct}' file

much much ! : )

Encrypt:

egrep -cv '#|^$' fielname

Hi, kthatch.

You acted an outstanding job of telling about as the output should look.

However, you did not specify how the sections are separated from each other, nor what you consider a comment - an string at the beginning of a string, a string anyplace in a line, etc.

There is a standard utility nl which knows about sections:
There is also csplit, which bucket split a file inside shreds, based on the appearance of a common expression.

Many regarding the solutions offered are probably adaptable to what your file format belongs, but you may get more on-point suggestions if you can more precise ... cheers, drl

I tried anyone of these suggestions and neither worked.

Results:

#egrep -cv '#|^$' active_servers
this displayed the total but on video includes, not in the file

#awk '!/^#/ && !/^$/{c++}END{print c}' active_servers
same such foregoing

#awk '!/^[ \t]*(#|$)/ {c++; ct++} /#/ && c { printf "%s\n\n\n%s", c, $0; c=0} END { print ct}' active_servers
awk: syntax error near lines 1
awk: bailing out near line 1

To provide more detail, I have a script that produces the output above (in my original post) to a file - less the totals that I am seeking help with. When I refer for notes, I mean lines that are preceded the ## and who sections are separated with a blank line as a score of this "sed '/this/{x;p;x;}'" in my script.

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If you had rather need the output on file, redirect that.

Code:

egrep -cv '#|^$' active_servers > somefilename