Re: Word count over multiple files

[L Anderson lowella@xxxxxxxx]

Paul and others interested,

One thing you could try is GNU's 'wc' proggy for win32 by way of DJ
Delorie's DJGPP. You can get it via ftp, along with other nifty GNUish
text proggies (see below), from

ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/txt122b.zip

(other mirrors abound).

In case you don't know, GNU is GNU's Not Unix. It's from the Free
Software Foundation and it's good stuff!

Just unzip txt122b and wala! you get, virus free, the following command
line programs ready to go:

CAT   EXE    61,952 02-08-97 5:54p cat.exe
CKSUM  EXE    47,104 02-01-97 7:07p cksum.exe
COMM   EXE    47,104 02-01-97 7:07p comm.exe
CSPLIT  EXE    76,800 02-01-97 7:07p csplit.exe
CUT   EXE    49,664 02-01-97 7:07p cut.exe
EXPAND  EXE    47,104 02-01-97 7:08p expand.exe
FMT   EXE    50,688 02-01-97 7:08p fmt.exe
FOLD   EXE    48,128 02-01-97 7:08p fold.exe
HEAD   EXE    47,104 02-01-97 7:08p head.exe
JOIN   EXE    53,248 02-01-97 7:08p join.exe
MD5SUM  EXE    53,248 02-01-97 7:08p md5sum.exe
NL    EXE    74,240 02-01-97 7:08p nl.exe
OD    EXE    74,240 02-01-97 7:08p od.exe
PASTE  EXE    48,128 02-01-97 7:08p paste.exe
PR    EXE    75,776 02-01-97 7:08p pr.exe
SORT   EXE    80,384 02-08-97 5:54p sort.exe
SPLIT  EXE    61,952 02-01-97 7:08p split.exe
SUM   EXE    46,592 02-01-97 7:08p sum.exe
TAC   EXE    83,968 02-01-97 7:08p tac.exe
TAIL   EXE    66,048 02-01-97 7:08p tail.exe
TR    EXE    55,296 02-01-97 7:08p tr.exe
UNEXPAND EXE    47,616 02-01-97 7:08p unexpand.exe
UNIQ   EXE    49,664 02-01-97 7:08p uniq.exe
WC    EXE    59,392 02-01-97 7:08p wc.exe	<<<************


If you're interested in finding the differences between files or
searching files for strings, using regular expressions, you might
consider snagging dif272b.zip and grep24b.zip too. The programs, therein
contained, work very well with xywrite and NB files--any text file(s).


Regards,

Lowell Anderson

PS. To stay on topic: I just upgraded to the latest version of XyWrite
for Dos--4.0! The box has XyQuest on it so I guess it wasn't a big
seller and TTG has an inventory.

PPS. This message was composed using XyWrite 3.55, NotePad, and Netscape
Messenger on Win98. I just wish I could cut n paste with my Xy, then I
could dump Notepad.


Paul Breeze wrote:
>
> (XY3.57 under Win98SE) Does anyone have a routine that can carry out a word
> count over a group of
> files, such as chapters of a book, etc?
>
> Paul Breeze