>> `grep -c` reports the number of matching lines--not the total number of >> times the pattern appears.
Yes.
In other words, the line "11" counts as 1 match (one line), not as two matches.
I would expect the command "grep -c somepattern somefile" to provide the
same results as the command "grep somepattern somefile | wc -l" (each matching
line counts once.)
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Paul Jackson
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