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Old 02-22-2008
Question script to count a word in a flie
hi All,

I have one question to have a answer with your help.

i need to have a script for searching a file with .log extension form all directories. search for a word " Pass" in the files and to count the occurence of the word "Pass".

i need all your help to solve the problem.

Thanks,
mohan
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Old 02-22-2008
find / -name "*.log" -exec grep -c "Pass" {} \;
Last edited by kanu_kanu; 02-22-2008 at 02:36 AM..
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Old 02-22-2008
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Originally Posted by kanu_kanu
grep -c "Pass" <file_name> will do
hi Kanu,

Thanks for your input.

as i am a new to scripting i request you to help me with full script. I do not know much about the scripting.

Thanks.
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Old 02-22-2008
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