#!/bin/bash # Write a shell script that searches for a single word pattern recursively # in the current working directory and display the numbers of times it occurred. # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Copyright (c) 2005 nixCraft project <http://cyberciti.biz/fb/> # This script is licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC) # Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information. # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- echo -n "Enter one word pattern : " read pattern # wc - word count COUNT=$(grep -wr "${pattern}" . 2> /dev/null | wc -l) echo "${pattern} occurred ${COUNT} times."
Shell Script To Search and Count A Single Word Pattern Recursively In A UNIX File
in Categories Academic, File-management last updated June 28, 2008A shell script to search for a pattern or word in a UNIX file under current directory.