How to count the occurence of a character in a line

sumit207 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-26-2008

Suppose i have data like :-

1,2,3,4,5
a,b,c
x,y,z,t

I want to count the occurence of , (comma) in every line.

Waiting for a solution.

radoulov · #2 (**permalink**) 11-26-2008

Code:

awk -F, '{print NF-1}' infile

sumit207 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-26-2008

Thanx for the solution.

Dipali · #4 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009

I have csv data with spaces like below:

1,number one,first
2,number two second
3, number three, third

i want to count no. of commas in each line.
how to achieve that.

angheloko · #5 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dipali

I have csv data with spaces like below:

1,number one,first
2,number two second
3, number three, third

i want to count no. of commas in each line.
how to achieve that.

Ok...You did read previous posts right?

radoulov · #6 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009

I opened a new thread with the last post since it's quite different than the original question in this thread.

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