how to get the Count of string in file

We know it\'s you, Bill?

What is Salmon Trout talking about?

Is Salmon Trout part of the ComputerHope.com Staff?

That third person thing is a "dead giveaway" as Londoners say, Bill.

arun*America*MSC~INS*dfffs*Sdfsd*sdfsd~ssfsd*sdfsd~INS*dfffs*sdfsdf*sdfs~

I need to get a count of INS* in the above file. Am new to DOS Commands.

Arunavlp,

Im sorry the thread got off topic.

Swindwinder* and Ghostdog  provided excellent methods for counting the number of times a string appears in a document.

Please ignore the off topic posts.

Good Luck

*   Reply #6 on: August 05, 2010, 04:31:42 AM

Victoria, if you aren't Billrich, how come you have access to his Photobucket account?

Thanks It works..  but please let me know if we can do it in Find Command....

Arun S.

Arun,

Im sorry Arun the off topic posts continue.

Some posters never make any suggestions for counting strings in a document.

These posters write about topics completely unrelated to counting strings.

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sed s/22/22*n/g yr2010.doc   | egrep -c 22
Number of 22 strings is 12 in calendar.  One 22 string for each month

* use a blackslash above to add a newline for strings without a newline

Can we use FINDSTR

I have an idea that we search for the end of file
till then run this command in loop.
Run a variable counter. Till the loop runs.
Once we reach to End of file stop the loop.
Check the variable. That would of number of strings.


and we can also use

for /f "delims=" %%i in (id.txt)  do (
echo i = %%i
)

if we can apply all these.
Can anyone create this.

That would be done.

Thanks and regards
vishu

These posters write about topics completely unrelated to counting strings.

Like your breach of the forum rules. Squirm how you like, you've been rumbled!

Can we use FINDSTR

Let us see your code.

Findstr with a counter might work?  Findstr will usually only print the line where the string is found.  When the string appears twice in the same line, only one string is counted.  Therefore the final count is wrong.  

I will try findstr again.  Sidewinder and the other experts stated findstr will not work.

Let us see your code.

for /f *delims=* %%i in (id.txt)  do (
echo i = %%i
)

vishu

C:test>type vis812.bat
REM  Replace * with a double quote symbol
@echo off
set /a  c=0
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f *tokens=1-5* %%i in (id.txt)  do (
echo %%i %%j %%k
if *%%i*==*the* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%j*==*the* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%k*==*the* set /a c=!c! + 1
)
echo count=%c%
echo.
echo Display id.txt
echo.
type id.txt

Output.

C:test>vis812.bat
the
the
the
the
the the the
the the the
count=10

Display id.txt

the
the
the
the
the the the
the the the

p.s. The above code uses only batch code but not findstr.
The code will only count the string in the id.txt. There are 10 theS in the id.txt.
The code will most likely not work with other text files

Can we use FINDSTR

C:test>findstr  22  yr2010.doc
17 18 19 20 21 22 23   21 22 23 24 25 26 27   21 22 23 24 25 26 27
18 19 20 21 22 23 24   16 17 18 19 20 21 22   20 21 22 23 24 25 26
18 19 20 21 22 23 24   22 23 24 25 26 27 28   19 20 21 22 23 24 25
17 18 19 20 21 22 23   21 22 23 24 25 26 27   19 20 21 22 23 24 25

C:test>findstr  22  yr2010.doc | find /c /v **
4

C:test>

Vis,

Even though each line above  has three 22s ; only one is counted by findstr.

I do not know  to modify so findstr counts all strings.

**  use the double quote symbol above

Can we use FINDSTR

REM  Replace * with double quote
C:test>type   yr812.bat
@echo off
set /a  c=0
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f *tokens=1-26* %%a in (yr2010.doc)  do (

if *%%a*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%b*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%c*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%d*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%e*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%f*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%g*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%h*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%i*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%j*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%k*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%l*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%m*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%n*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%0*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%p*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%q*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%r*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%s*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%t*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%u*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%v*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%w*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%x*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%y*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%z*==*22* set /a c=!c! + 1
)
echo count=%c%

echo.
echo Display yr2010.doc
echo.

Output:

C:test>yr812.bat
count=12

Display yr2010.doc

C:test>

Can we use FINDSTR

Vis,
( Code has not been fully tested but my price is right.)
REM This generic batch string counter should work for most files and strings
Rem replace * with double quote symbol
Rem Usage:  cnt812.bat string  file.txt
REM Usage:  cnt812.bat  the  id.txt
C:test>type cnt812.bat
@echo off
set /a  c=0
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f *tokens=1-26* %%a in (%2)  do (

if *%%a*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%b*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%c*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%d*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%e*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%f*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%g*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%h*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%i*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%j*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%k*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%l*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%m*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%n*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%0*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%p*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%q*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%r*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%s*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%t*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%u*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%v*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%w*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%x*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%y*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
if *%%z*==*%1* set /a c=!c! + 1
)
echo count=%c%

echo.
echo Display %2
echo.
type %2

Output:

C:test>cnt812.bat  the  id.txt
count=10

Display id.txt

the
the
the
the
the the the
the the the

C:test>

Can we use FINDSTR

sed s/the/the*n/g id.txt  |  findstr the   | find /c /v **
count=10

* replace * with backslash symbol
**  replace ** with two double quotes

sed for windows is an easy download

sed  means stream editor

http://thesystemguard.com/NTCmdLib/Functions/SCOUNT.htm