SO #2

if test $# -lt 2
then
  echo "Usage: $0 $f [arg1, arg2, ...]"
else
  file=$1
  shift
  ccount=0
  pcount=0
  for str
  do
    pathc=`echo $str | grep -c "^/"`
    if test $pathc -gt 0
    then
      chars=`echo $str | wc -L`
      ccount=`expr $chars + $ccount`
      pcount=`expr $pcount + 1`
    fi
  done
  if [ -f $file ]
  then
    echo "Paths: $pcount; Total character count: $ccount" > $file
  else echo "File $file is not a regular file"
  fi
fi