On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 04:11:03PM -0600, Brian Ryans wrote: > Quoting roberto on 2010-01-23 15:33:53: > > is there any linux built-in utilities to count how many times a string > > occur in a text file ? > > I don't know of any actual utilities to do so, but there's a handy > little pipeline that I use as a generic string-counter that, so far, > works for all files I've tried, printable or not. > > $ strings $yourFile | grep -oe '$yourString' | wc -l
It's a bit nitpicky, but you could save a step and a few keystrokes with: $ strings $yourFile | grep -oce '$yourString' Cheers, -- Eric Gerlach, Network Administrator Federation of Students University of Waterloo p: (519) 888-4567 x36329 e: egerl...@feds.uwaterloo.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
