#!/usr/bin/bash for file in ./*; do if [ -d $file ]; then NCHARS=$(find $file -name '*.xml.gz' -exec bash -c 'gzip -d -c {} | grep -c ""' \; | awk 'BEGIN { a = 0 }; { a+=$1}; END { print a }') printf '%-20s %s\n' $file $NCHARS fi done