Idea for basic construct to make the input data easier to deal with. We change the delimiter between words to a newline character with "tr" then process each word as one line. My example uses older shell techniques. If you have ksh95 you can easily find out the number of characters in a parameter without using "wc" or for that matter do integer arithmetic without using "expr". The "echo" with the "\c" is to echo without a newline which makes the character count in "wc" correct (in some shells you need to use "echo -n ...").
It always helps when posting on this forum to state which Operating System you have and which shell you prefer. Good luck.
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helo i want to implement the following concept in my project
write a c/c++ algorithm for : accept a number from the user not greater than 6 digits and display the number in words i.e. if the input from the user is 18265 then the output should be Eighteen Thousand Two Hundred Sixty Five. if the... (3 Replies)
I'm looking to write a sample shell script that counts the number of distinct words in a text file given as Argument.
Remark: White space characters are spaces, tabs, form feeds, and new lines.
JUST with this commands tr, sort, grep. wc.
Thanks. (14 Replies)
Hi,
I'm looking for one liner code for counting number of words in a delimited string..
I know about wc -w ..but if i give wc -w a.txt,b.txt it won't work with delimited sting as it was looking for files with a.txt and b.txt
I know there will be a simple solution..i couldn't... (5 Replies)
Dear all
I am trying to divide a file using the number of words as a condition. Alternatively, I would at least like to be able to retrieve the first x words of a given file. Any tips?
Thanks in advance. (7 Replies)
hello,
i 'd like your help about a bash script which:
1. finds inside the html file (it is attached with my post) the code number of the Latest Stable Kernel,
2.finds the link which leads to the download location of the Latest Stable Kernel version,
(the right link should lead to the file... (3 Replies)
Hi,
Please suggest a way to print number of words in the end of each line.
<input file>
red aunt house
blue sky
bat and ball game
<output file>
red aunt house 3
blue sky 2
bat and ball game 4
Thanks! (2 Replies)
Input:
some random text SELECT TABLE1 some more random text
some random text SELECT TABLE2 some more random text
some random text SELECT TABLE3 some more random text
some random text SELECT TABLE1 some more random text
Output:
'SELECT TABLE1' 2
'SELECT TABLE2' 1
'SELECT TABLE3' 1
I... (5 Replies)
I want to sort a file with a list of words, in order of most occuring words to least occurring words as well as alphabetically.
ex:
file1:
cat 3
cat 7
cat 1
dog 3
dog 5
dog 9
dog 1
ape 4
ape 2
I want the outcome to be:
file1.sorted:
dog 1 (12 Replies)
Hi, I have file like this:
>number1
dlejreoreltedgerere
dgtrtryr
>number2
dkfdjlgdjfeiflefjdfidlfjdifelfjefe
fjdlfjdkfjdlfdjlfdjlfjdigeo
gjelreoureofouererg
>number4
dklfdjfoeueoruer
fjeorueotueoirueorueorueore
gjoeoueorueoreuroerueor
joeuroerueorue
How can i know how many words... (4 Replies)
Hi ,
I need to count the number of errors associated with the two words occurring in the file. It's about counting the occurrences of the word "error" for where is the word "index.js". As such the command should look like. Please kindly help. I was trying: grep "error" log.txt | wc -l (1 Reply)
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echo
echo(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands echo(1B)NAME
echo - echo arguments to standard output
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/echo [-n] [argument]
DESCRIPTION
echo writes its arguments, separated by BLANKs and terminated by a NEWLINE, to the standard output.
echo is useful for producing diagnostics in command files and for sending known data into a pipe, and for displaying the contents of envi-
ronment variables.
For example, you can use echo to determine how many subdirectories below the root directory (/) is your current directory, as follows:
o echo your current-working-directory's full pathname
o pipe the output through tr to translate the path's embedded slash-characters into space-characters
o pipe that output through wc -w for a count of the names in your path.
example% /usr/bin/echo "echo $PWD | tr '/' ' ' | wc -w"
See tr(1) and wc(1) for their functionality.
The shells csh(1), ksh(1), and sh(1), each have an echo built-in command, which, by default, will have precedence, and will be invoked if
the user calls echo without a full pathname. /usr/ucb/echo and csh's echo() have an -n option, but do not understand back-slashed escape
characters. sh's echo(), ksh's echo(), and /usr/bin/echo, on the other hand, understand the black-slashed escape characters, and ksh's
echo() also understands a as the audible bell character; however, these commands do not have an -n option.
OPTIONS -n Do not add the NEWLINE to the output.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO csh(1), echo(1), ksh(1), sh(1), tr(1), wc(1), attributes(5)NOTES
The -n option is a transition aid for BSD applications, and may not be supported in future releases.
SunOS 5.11 3 Aug 1994 echo(1B)