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Old 06-11-2011
Java Count lines AWK
Hi, how can I count the lines where a word appears in a file, using AWK?

Example:

file.txt:

Code:
gold 1588 France
gold 1478 Spain
silver 1596 France
emerald 1584 UK
diamond 1478 Germany
gold 1639 USA

Number of lines where gold in text is = 3

I've try this, but all I get is the number of the current line where the word is located.

count.awk:

Code:
awk '
/gold/ { print NR }' file.txt


Result:

Code:
1
2
6

Last edited by radoulov; 06-11-2011 at 05:37 PM.. Reason: Code tags.
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Old 06-11-2011
Code:
awk '/gold/{i++}END{print i}' file.txt

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Old 06-11-2011
Thanks!
# 4  
Old 06-11-2011
How about:
Code:
grep -c 'gold' file.txt

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