{
_ctdb_counter_common "$1"
# unary counting!
- _val=$(wc -c <"$_counter_file" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+ _val=$(wc -c 2>/dev/null <"$_counter_file" || echo 0)
# Strip leading spaces from output of wc (on freebsd)
# shellcheck disable=SC2086
echo $_val