Hi, this is my first post so bare with me


I have a file which I want to count the amounts of the same line in the file and display by using a shell script

for example

file1

Code:

apple
apple
apple.
bananas

i would like the output to be

Code:

apple 2
apple. 1
bananas 1

however, i need this script to be flexible as it will not always be counting the same things
is this possible?

Thanks for any help you can give