May 2017
Beginner
552 pages
28h 47m
English
Content preview from Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition
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Finding the frequency of words used in a given file
Computers are good at counting. We frequently need to count items such as the number of sites sending us spam, the number of downloads different web pages get, or how often words are used in a piece of text. This recipes show how to calculate word usage in a piece of text. The techniques are also applicable to log files, database output, and more.