UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello world,
Can anybody tell me how to count how many times does a word repeat in a file? There have been many threads on this but they all are heavy loads of Scripting for a starter like me.
So, I sat down today and after some hours of reading man pages, I found a simple one-line execution. But, I cannot paste this in any threads as they are all closed!
(Can the forum staff please let me know why threads are closed?? I really don't know).

Your buddy,
Satheesh

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The reason I started this thread is either someone newbie benefits or I can be corrected if I went wrong somewhere.

Code:

perl -lne '$i++ while(/\bWORD\b/g);END{print $i}' inputfile

@satish51392111

You can post it here

Threads are automatically closed, if not posted in, after a period of time (I think 6 months, but can't find the discussion thread we had on the subject )

I'm very much new to *nix and so I posted it in this Forum-for-dummies. So, no scripting please. These one line scripts are in all the threads I went through earlier.

Also, why are the threads closed?

We close inactive threads because they are inactive.

If you want to start a new thread on a similar subject, you can put a link to the old, closed thread.

You really should be asking these questions in the support forum, not in the technical areas.

Ok, got it. I'll next time.
Back to my question please.. any simple suggestions?

Nonsense... you can cut and paste from any thread, closed or not.