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Old 08-18-2009
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Can somebody explain me the following part within a awk command:

awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) if ($i=="mm")c++}

Can somebody please explain me the part (i=1;i<=NF;i++) ????SmilieSmilieSmilieSmilie
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Old 08-18-2009
It's a loop control fragment. it says start with i equal one and continue until i is less than or equal to the number of fields in the current input line (NF). Increment i after every execution of the command after the closing )....
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