Shell Programming and Scripting

echo "{##############
> things are making me bad
> bad things are good
> thanks for your help
> ##############}
> bad things make me worse
> wore things are bad
> bad is always good
> good is not bad" | awk 'BEGIN{count=0;}/(^\{#+$|^#+\}$)/{count++;if(count%2==0) print occ;}/bad/{if(count%2==1) occ++;}'
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localhost:/# paste

# more file
bad {##############
things are making me bad
bad things are good
thanks for your help
##############}
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
$

gaurav@localhost:~$ echo "{##########
> things are bad enough
> to know bad things
> ##############}
> hi the bad boy has turned 
> up and he is " |  awk 'BEGIN{count=0;}/(^\{#+$|^#+\}$)/{count++;if(count%2==0) print occ;}/bad/{if(count%2==1) occ++;}'
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gaurav@localhost:~$