I think
echo "sdf -| qwe-|fgh-|fubar" | sed -e 's/-|/-|\n/g' a.a |grep -- "-|" |wc -l
should do and illustrate the trick. (Hint: try '--' before an argument that begins with a '-'; many GNU...

Using the computer as a tool, you can be *far* more productive using Linux (or almost any of the UNIX/unix-like systems).

Is OpenOffice perfect? No; it has it's problems. But I've found that for...

This is a somewhat more generic answer to the original question.

Linux can run in as little as 4MB of RAM; one example of this is the DD-WRT firmware running on certain Linksys routers (among...

I don't look for sleek or pretty or glamorous in any of my tools. Not in screw drivers, not in hammers, not in pots & pans, not in laundry machines or in lawn and garden equipment.

I look for...

I think '60%' may be a bit of an overstatement.

I have *some* experience managing email and spam. In the past couple years, 80-90% of all email arriving at my few domains comes from IP addresses...

I've had the displeasure of using Vista and getting those infuriating pop-ups. And those pop-ups make absolutely no sense whatever. The pop-up requires no password if one is already an administrator....

Whoops! I forgot to mention that! Standard + Workstation will download around 600MB of packages. About 90 minutes at 1Mb/s, around 20 minutes at 5Mb/s.

I suggest leaving out Standard for the first...

Another point to bear in mind if you are new to Gnu/Linux is to experiment on an empty system. Don't be trying to repartition Windows to dual-boot. Pick a computer and, in essence, wipe it clean....

If you have a high-speed network connection, you should try Debian. I've been using it for years with no trouble. As long as you have relatively new hardware (not much more than five years old) and...