Grep command to show the number of results


 
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Old 12-30-2019
Using Python 2.7.x and 3.7.x...
Code:
#!/bin/bash
# inline.sh
echo "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..." > /tmp/text

python2.7 -c "with open('/tmp/text') as FD:"$'\n\t'"contents = FD.read();"$'\n\t'"count = contents.count(' of ');"$'\n\t'"print(count)"

python3.7 -c "with open('/tmp/text') as FD:"$'\n\t'"contents = FD.read();"$'\n\t'"count = contents.count(' of ');"$'\n\t'"print(count)"

Results Linux Mint 19, default terminal.
Code:
bazza@amiga-MacBookPro:~$ cd Desktop/Code/Shell
bazza@amiga-MacBookPro:~/Desktop/Code/Shell$ chmod 755 inline.sh
bazza@amiga-MacBookPro:~/Desktop/Code/Shell$ ./inline.sh
4
4
bazza@amiga-MacBookPro:~/Desktop/Code/Shell$ _


Last edited by wisecracker; 12-30-2019 at 11:10 AM.. Reason: Correct typos.
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