Re^2: Make this simpler?

I'm still a bit of a n00B in the Unix/Linux space, but it seems you are pre-conceiving 1-7, but the OP indicated the number of files was actually variable.

So I suspect this tweak would do it:

for f in sample*.fasta ; do
   grep '^>' "$f" | wc -l
done
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But I'm willing to be wrong; I often am.

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Re^3: Make this simpler? by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 17, 2011 at 17:44 UTC
Are the file returned in sorted order? If not, you have no way of reconciling the counts with file names. That may or may not be important. I gave code that was equivalent to the OP's code, but it may very well be that your code is better.	[reply]
Re^4: Make this simpler? by marinersk (Priest) on May 17, 2011 at 19:16 UTC
D'oh! No, I do not believe they are guaranteed to come back in sorted order, though I believe I have seen implementations that happen to do so. I'll just go back to my corner now. :: grin ::	[reply]