Query on wc

[Vinu, Uma]

Hi,

 

ls -l <Dir> | grep core | wc -l  ----- The directory doesn't has the
core file.

But wc -l returns a blank line instead of a 0. I need the output to be
0. 

Why does this happen? Your reply will be of great help.

 

Thanks

Uma

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