James Olin Oden wrote: > > On 10/10/07, Ross S. W. Walker <rwalker at medallion.com> wrote: > > mups.cp wrote: > > > > > > A simple one > > > # echo "jerry jerry" | tr " " "\n" | grep -c jerry > > > 2 > > > > > > The perl seems more general. > > > > > > To add yet another variation: > > > > echo "jerry jerry" | awk 'BEGIN {RS=FS} {/jerry/ jerry++} > END {print jerry}' > > > Did you mean: > > echo "jerry jerry" | awk 'BEGIN {RS=FS} /jerry/ {jerry++} > END {print jerry}' > > The one you gave does not handle "jerry blue jerry" for instance? Yes, thanks, I realized that after hitting send... -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.