Re: COUNT

On 24 Jul, tris(_at_)semireal(_dot_)net(_dot_)dhis(_dot_)org wrote:
| 
| Is there a better way to get a COUNT variable in procmail:
| 
| 
|  :0 i W: count.lock
|         {
|                 COUNT = `echo 0\`cat .count\`+1|bc|tee .newcount; \
|                         mv -f .newcount .count`
| 
|         }
| 
| 

Yes.

:0
* $ ${COUNT:-0}^0
*             1^0
{ COUNT=$= }

increments $COUNT, or sets it equal to 1 if not previously assigned.

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