Comments on: [Linux Scripting] How To Get Count of a Specific Pattern/Text In a File http://jaxov.com/2009/06/linuxbash-scripting-how-to-get-count-of-a-specific-patterntext-in-a-file/ Blog on News, Gadgets and Technology Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joshua Lerner http://jaxov.com/2009/06/linuxbash-scripting-how-to-get-count-of-a-specific-patterntext-in-a-file/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Joshua Lerner Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:17:59 +0000 http://jaxov.com/?p=790#comment-59 grep -c "Value(X)" returns 4, not 3. Also, grep -c doesn't return the count of a specific pattern, it returns the count of the number of lines that contain that pattern. Some lines may contain the pattern more than once, but only the first is counted. grep -c "Value(X)" returns 4, not 3.

Also, grep -c doesn't return the count of a specific pattern, it returns the count of the number of lines that contain that pattern. Some lines may contain the pattern more than once, but only the first is counted.

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