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# 1  
Old 07-08-2012
Java grep a specific amount of occurrence
hey , i m trying to figure out how to do the following :

i got a text file the looks like so:

Code:
 
1031
1031
1031
1031
1031
1031
1031
1031
16500
16500
16500
16500
1031
1031
1031
1031
1031
16500
16500
16500

i want to grep a specific amount of a value , for example
grep of "16500" for 3 occurrences the output will be:

Code:
16500
16500
16500

note that this is a part of a table i dont want to just print the value - X times.

please advise
thanks.
# 2  
Old 07-08-2012
Hi.

For GNU grep:
Code:
       -m NUM, --max-count=NUM
              Stop reading a file after NUM matching lines.
-- excerpt from man grep, q.v.

Best wishes ... cheers, drl
# 3  
Old 07-08-2012
If you do not have GNU grep, you can do it with awk (the specifics depend on what your data looks like).

Regards,
Alister
# 4  
Old 08-01-2012
egrep -i '16500' | wc -l

i think it will do it.
# 5  
Old 08-06-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by vagar11
egrep -i '16500' | wc -l
This will count the occurrences of "16500" but not limit the result set to a specific number of them. There is the "-c" switch of grep for that, btw..

Code:
grep <regexp> | head -<number>

Will give you the first <number> of hits, while

Code:
grep <regexp> | tail -<number>

will give you the last <number> of hits.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
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