`grep -c` reports the number of matching lines--not the total number of times the pattern appears.
On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 11:15 PM Helen Grubner <helen.grub...@fgznet.ch> wrote: > Dear Team > > > > Can you tell me, why I see this with grep -c on a file with following > content? > > > > $ cat file_13.txt > > 1 > > 2 > > 3 > > 4 > > 5 > > 6 > > 7 > > 8 > > 9 > > 10 > > 11 > > 12 > > 13 > > > > $ grep -c 1 file_13.txt > > 5 > > > > Should it not show 6? When search for value 2, it is correct. > > > > $ grep -c 3 file_13.txt > > 2 > > > > > > $ file file_13.txt > > file_13.txt: ASCII text > > > > Thank you > > Alexander Grubner > > > >
