Shell Programming and Scripting

#!/bin/bash
shopt -s nocasematch
count=0
data=$(<"file")
IFS="}"
set -- $data
chunks=("$@")
c=${chunks[@]%%{*}
IFS=$'\n'
set -- ${c[@]}
w=("$@")
for i in ${w[@]}
do
    IFS=" "
    set -- $i
    for k in $@
    do
        #count "good".
        case "$k" in
            *good* ) count=$((count+1))
        esac
    done
done
echo "count: $count"

$ more file
------------------------------------
good GOOD{##############
things are making me bad
bad things are good or GOOD
thanks for your help
##############} blah
bad things make me worse
wore things are bad
bad is always good
good is not bad but is GOOD or gOOd
goodyear tires
-------------------------------

$ ./shell.sh
count: 7

nawk ' /{/{p++} /}/{p--;next} (! p){print} ' infile

awk 'BEGIN{count=0;}/(^\{#+$|^#+\}$)/{count++;if(count%2==0) print occ;}/bad/{if(count%2==1) occ++;}'

$ more file
good GOOD{##############
things are making me bad
bad things are good or GOOD
thanks for your help
##############} blah
bad things make me worse
wore things are bad

$ awk 'BEGIN{count=0;}/(^\{#+$|^#+\}$)/{count++;if(count%2==0) print occ;}/bad/{if(count%2==1) occ++;}' file
$