Answer / puneet

m_cat <mfs file name> | wc -l
gives the record count in mfs file provided every record are present in new line..

Answer / shiva

m_wc .dmlfile `partitions multifile`

Answer / prakashbalakrishnan

In Multi Files, data's are stored in individual partitions.
i.e. for 3 way partition, it will stored as
/wload/xxx/xxx/1way/../test.dat,
/wload/xxx/xxx/2way/../test.dat,/wload/xxx/xxx/3way/../test.dat
SO in unix u can easily the find the different partitions
and for the corresponding partition u can get toal no. of
records by using wc command.

Answer / learner

use m_expand command, it will give list of partitioned file, than wc -l on specified file name give number of records

Answer / pramod k m

First do
cat <mfs filename>
Then
cat <complete path of the data partition> | wc -l

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