[SOLVED] UNIX: How to count number of rows in multiple files without headers

Issue

I have a set of files with similar naming pattern. I am trying to get the total row count of all the files combined sans the header in a go. But I am having trouble with the commands.

I have tried:

sed '1d' IN-Pass-30* | wc -l

and

awk 'END {print NR-1}' IN-Pass-30*

But each time it only subtracts the header count from just one file. What am I doing wrong here?

Solution

You were close. Wrap the sed command in a bash glob loop:

for f in IN-Pass-30*; do sed '1d' "$f"; done | wc -l

Answered By - Cole Tierney

Answer Checked By - Timothy Miller (WPSolving Admin)