From 21b3784006dc23d188c452e077627a36dd1f3dc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Doc <lastdoc39@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 21:08:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Corrected command for byte count.

- used awk to return only the first column of the output from wc, which is the numerical part.
---
 scripts/bootstrap-vps-debian12.sh | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap-vps-debian12.sh b/scripts/bootstrap-vps-debian12.sh
index a4d1868..1634503 100644
--- a/scripts/bootstrap-vps-debian12.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap-vps-debian12.sh
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ cat << EOF
 EOF
 
 if [ -f "$ANSIUSERDIR/.ssh/authorized_keys" ]; then
-    BEFORESZ=$(wc -c "$ANSIUSERDIR/.ssh/authorized_keys")
+    BEFORESZ=$(wc -c "$ANSIUSERDIR/.ssh/authorized_keys" | awk '//{ print $1 }')
 else
     BEFORESZ=0
 fi
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ cat >> $ANSIUSERDIR/.ssh/authorized_keys
 err=$?
 
 if [ -f "$ANSIUSERDIR/.ssh/authorized_keys" ]; then
-    AFTERSZ=$(wc -c "$ANSIUSERDIR/.ssh/authorized_keys")
+    AFTERSZ=$(wc -c "$ANSIUSERDIR/.ssh/authorized_keys" | awk '//{ print $1 }')
     if [ ! $AFTERSZ -gt $BEFORESZ ]; then
         cat << EOF