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Old 01-28-2010
grep long line
I am trying to get the count of a word from an xml using the below command
Code:
grep "search word" -c test.xml

The result is only 1, because my xml contains only one line (hule line- several thousand characters).
I guess grep command will process for only 128 characters for each line.

Could anyone pls help me?
Last edited by vbe; 01-28-2010 at 12:14 PM.. Reason: code tags...
# 2  
Old 01-28-2010
The result is one because there is only one line that contains such pattern.

See:
Code:
$ echo "dog dog" | grep -c "dog"
1

# 3  
Old 01-28-2010
You can do something like:

Code:
$ echo "dog dog" | tr " " "\n" |grep -c "dog"
2

# 4  
Old 01-28-2010
@Franklin52:
Yes, but this will not allow to search for phrases like the original example suggest ('search word').
# 5  
Old 01-28-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by dpc.ucore.info
@Franklin52:
Yes, but this will not allow to search for phrases like the original example suggest ('search word').
In that case:

Code:
awk '{print gsub("search word","")}' file

# 6  
Old 01-28-2010
Code:
$echo "search word search word" | awk '{print gsub("search word","")}'
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: illegal statement near line 1

I've tried to check it. Can you help Franklin52 as I'm leaving for few hours.
# 7  
Old 01-28-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by dpc.ucore.info
Code:
$echo "search word search word" | awk '{print gsub("search word","")}'
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: illegal statement near line 1

I've tried to check it. Can you help Franklin52 as I'm leaving for few hours.
Use nawk or /usr/xpg4/bin/awk on Solaris.
 
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