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walecole

12-13-2012 04:02 AM

"Trying to count number of string in a /etc/passwd

i tried to count the string that are in the /etc/passwd file that contain 'er' sequence.i used this code but it the not work please can you help me with this.the code i used grep -0 '^ /ete/passwd

druuna

12-13-2012 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by walecole (Post 4848305)

i tried to count the string that are in the /etc/passwd file that contain 'er' sequence.i used this code but it the not work please can you help me with this.the code i used grep -0 '^ /etc/passwd

You do need to tell grep what it is you are looking for (er in your case), you also used the wrong option. Try this:

Code:

grep -c "er" /etc/passwd

Do have a look at the grep manual page for details.

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