Count number of occurrence of a string in file

SkySmart · #1 01-20-2013

if there's a file containing:

Code:

money king money queen money cat money also money king

RudiC · #2 01-20-2013

For this simple sample, try

Code:

$ tr " " "\n" <file | awk '/money/{getline; Ar[$1]++}END{for (Ix in Ar) print "money "Ix": "Ar[Ix]}' 
money king: 2
money queen: 1
money also: 1
money cat: 1

vgersh99 · #3 01-20-2013

Code:

awk '{n+=gsub("money king", "&")}END{print n}' myFile

clx · #4 01-20-2013

Or ,

Code:

awk '{s+=gsub(/money king/,"money king") END {print s}}' file

elixir_sinari · #5 01-20-2013

Code:

perl -nle '$c+=()=/money king/g;END{print $c}' file

jgt · #6 01-20-2013

Code:

#!/bin/bash
#script t2
k=0                               
count=0                           
while read word                   
do                                
if [ "$word" = "$1" ]             
then                              
        k=1                       
else                              
if [ "$word" = "$2" -a $k -eq 1 ] 
then                              
        count=`expr $count + 1`   
        k=0                       
else                              
        k=0                       
fi                                
fi                                
done                              
echo $count

durden_tyler · #7 01-20-2013

Code:

$
$
$ cat f10
money king money queen money cat money also money king
$
$ perl -plne '$_=s/money king//g' f10
2
$
$

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