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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T18:37:04+00:00 2026-05-13T18:37:04+00:00

Say if i wanted to do this command: (cat file | wc -l)/2 and

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Say if i wanted to do this command:

(cat file | wc -l)/2

and store it in a variable such as middle, how would i do it?

I know its simply not the case of

$middle=$(cat file | wc -l)/2

so how would i do it?

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    2026-05-13T18:37:05+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 6:37 pm
    middle=$((`wc -l < file` / 2))
    
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