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Old 10-14-2009
Sort and count using AWK
Hi,

I've a fixed width file where I need to count the number of patterns from each line between characters 1 to 15 . so can we sort them and get a count for each pattern on the file between 1 to 15 characters.



Code:
65795648617522383763831552  410828003265795648  6175223837
82255637216297152582255637  216297152565795648  6175223837                
61037863301869758061037863  301869758065795648  6175223837          
638315524108280032 63831552  4108280032         
617522383763831552  410828003265795648  6175223837
326579564863831552  4108280032 63831552  4108280032
3301869758061037863  301869758065795648  6175223837

Last edited by vgersh99; 10-14-2009 at 01:58 PM.. Reason: fixed code tags
# 2  
Old 10-14-2009
Code:
cut -c1-15 < myFile |sort -n | uniq -c

# 3  
Old 10-14-2009
Code:
awk '{a[substr($0,1,15)]++}END{for(i in a) print a[i],i | "sort -nk2"}' file

# 4  
Old 10-14-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
Code:
cut -c1-15 < myFile |sort -n | uniq -c

This can be written with one less pipe and process: -

Code:
cut -c1-15 < infile |sort -n -u

OUTPUT: -

Code:
326579564863831
330186975806103
610378633018697
617522383763831
638315524108280
657956486175223
822556372162971

# 5  
Old 10-14-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by steadyonabix
This can be written with one less pipe and process: -
... and where you count ? did you check the OP request?
# 6  
Old 10-14-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by danmero
... and where you count ? did you check the OP request?
Smilie

Nope, not been that sharp today, my bad.......
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