1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Dears, I would like to count the number of "(" and ")" that occur in a file. (syntax checking script). I tried to use "grep -c" and this works fine as long as there is only one character (for which I do a search) on a line. Has anyone an idea how I can count the number of specific characters... (6 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a comma delimited file that roughly has 300 fields. Not all fields are populated. This file is fed into another system, what I need to do is count the amount of characters in each field and give me an output similiar to this: 1 - 6,2 - 25 The first number is the field and the second... (2 Replies)

3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi All, I have a file of the format : idsfskjvfdznvdfjvh ierwjfkncmvlkmc xszkmdvnosndzjndf weuhrndzierfncv rndsjnsllshens iernzkfndslkdhf zkinewfinfvlkmvd I wish to count the occurrences of character 'z' in the file. I also need to find out the position of 'z' in various lines. and... (3 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I want to list the occurence of particular characters in a line. my file looks like this a,b,c,d e,f,g h,y:e,g,y s f;g,s,w and I want to count how many commas are in each line so the file in the end looks like this: a,b,c,d 3 e,f,g 2 h,y:e,g,y s 3 f;g,s,w ... (2 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I need some help in counting the number of letters in a big file with separations. Following is the file I have >AB_1 MLKKPIIIGVTGGSGGGKTSVSRAILDSFPNARIAMIQHDSYYKDQSHMSFEERVKTNYDHPLAFDTDFM IQQLKELLAGRPVDIPIYDYKKHTRSNTTFRQDPQDVIIVEGILVLEDERLRDLMDIKLFVDTDDDIRII... (6 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Input: ghw//yw/hw///??u How can i count the slashes("/") using sed? (13 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Ok say I wanted to count every Y in a data file. Then set Y as my delimiter so that I can separate my file by taking all the contents that occur BEFORE the first Y and store them in a variable so that I may use this content later on in my program. Then I could do the same thing with the next Y's... (5 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, Can someone help me in getting the following o/p I/p:... (7 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

I do have a big file in the following format >A1 ATGCGG >A2 TCATGC >A3 -TGCTG The number of characters will be same under each subheader and only possible characters are A,T,G,C and - I want to count the number of A's, T's,G's, C's & -'s vertically for all the positions so that I... (5 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I wanted a sed/awk command to add a value/character on a particular position without disturbing the position of other characters. I have file a.txt OL 10031 Day Black Midi Good Value P01 P07 OL 10031 Day Black Short Good Value P01 P07 I want to get the output as... (2 Replies)