Count number of repeated multi-character strings in file in bash
I am trying to search for consecutive, repeated instances of numbers in a file, with each number on a different line. It's easiest to show what I mean in an example.
For example, my input would be:
16
16
8
8
16
16
4
8
8
8
And my output would be:
16 2
8 2
16 2
4 1
8 3
This may appear to be a duplicate, but though I have found many solutions (like this one) for finding the repetitions of a single character, none of them are able to search for multiple repeated characters.
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I am trying to search for consecutive, repeated instances of numbers in a file, with each number on a different line. It's easiest to show what I mean in an example.
For example, my input would be:
16
16
8
8
16
16
4
8
8
8
And my output would be:
16 2
8 2
16 2
4 1
8 3
This may appear to be a duplicate, but though I have found many solutions (like this one) for finding the repetitions of a single character, none of them are able to search for multiple repeated characters.
text-processing
edited 3 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
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asked 3 hours ago
ToasterFrogsToasterFrogs
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Do you mean repeated characters (e.g.111), repeated strings (e.g.123123) or repeated lines? Will each line of your input only consist of a string of characters (including numbers) and no spaces? Do you just want repeated lines?
– terdon♦
3 hours ago
@terdon - it was a badly worded title - I meant to put repeated lines. My question sort of changed as I was writing the post. I'll edit the title.
– ToasterFrogs
3 hours ago
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I am trying to search for consecutive, repeated instances of numbers in a file, with each number on a different line. It's easiest to show what I mean in an example.
For example, my input would be:
16
16
8
8
16
16
4
8
8
8
And my output would be:
16 2
8 2
16 2
4 1
8 3
This may appear to be a duplicate, but though I have found many solutions (like this one) for finding the repetitions of a single character, none of them are able to search for multiple repeated characters.
text-processing
edited 3 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
39.5k1479133
asked 3 hours ago
ToasterFrogsToasterFrogs
132
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I am trying to search for consecutive, repeated instances of numbers in a file, with each number on a different line. It's easiest to show what I mean in an example.
For example, my input would be:
16
16
8
8
16
16
4
8
8
8
And my output would be:
16 2
8 2
16 2
4 1
8 3
This may appear to be a duplicate, but though I have found many solutions (like this one) for finding the repetitions of a single character, none of them are able to search for multiple repeated characters.
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Do you mean repeated characters (e.g.111), repeated strings (e.g.123123) or repeated lines? Will each line of your input only consist of a string of characters (including numbers) and no spaces? Do you just want repeated lines?
– terdon♦
3 hours ago
@terdon - it was a badly worded title - I meant to put repeated lines. My question sort of changed as I was writing the post. I'll edit the title.
– ToasterFrogs
3 hours ago
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Do you mean repeated characters (e.g.111), repeated strings (e.g.123123) or repeated lines? Will each line of your input only consist of a string of characters (including numbers) and no spaces? Do you just want repeated lines?
– terdon♦
3 hours ago
@terdon - it was a badly worded title - I meant to put repeated lines. My question sort of changed as I was writing the post. I'll edit the title.
– ToasterFrogs
3 hours ago
Do you mean repeated characters (e.g.
111), repeated strings (e.g. 123123) or repeated lines? Will each line of your input only consist of a string of characters (including numbers) and no spaces? Do you just want repeated lines?– terdon♦
3 hours ago
Do you mean repeated characters (e.g.
111), repeated strings (e.g. 123123) or repeated lines? Will each line of your input only consist of a string of characters (including numbers) and no spaces? Do you just want repeated lines?– terdon♦
3 hours ago
@terdon - it was a badly worded title - I meant to put repeated lines. My question sort of changed as I was writing the post. I'll edit the title.
– ToasterFrogs
3 hours ago
@terdon - it was a badly worded title - I meant to put repeated lines. My question sort of changed as I was writing the post. I'll edit the title.
– ToasterFrogs
3 hours ago
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You can use uniq to do this, though the standard format of its output is slightly different.
$ < in uniq -c
2 16
2 8
2 16
1 4
3 8
Assuming in is a file that contains the input, you'll get what you see above.
answered 3 hours ago
TomaszTomasz
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which could be piped throughawk '{print $2,$1}'for a quick'n'dirty way to get output in the order shown by the OP
– steeldriver
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You can use uniq to do this, though the standard format of its output is slightly different.
$ < in uniq -c
2 16
2 8
2 16
1 4
3 8
Assuming in is a file that contains the input, you'll get what you see above.
answered 3 hours ago
TomaszTomasz
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which could be piped throughawk '{print $2,$1}'for a quick'n'dirty way to get output in the order shown by the OP
– steeldriver
3 hours ago
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You can use uniq to do this, though the standard format of its output is slightly different.
$ < in uniq -c
2 16
2 8
2 16
1 4
3 8
Assuming in is a file that contains the input, you'll get what you see above.
answered 3 hours ago
TomaszTomasz
9,25852965
which could be piped throughawk '{print $2,$1}'for a quick'n'dirty way to get output in the order shown by the OP
– steeldriver
3 hours ago
add a comment |
You can use uniq to do this, though the standard format of its output is slightly different.
$ < in uniq -c
2 16
2 8
2 16
1 4
3 8
Assuming in is a file that contains the input, you'll get what you see above.
answered 3 hours ago
TomaszTomasz
9,25852965
You can use uniq to do this, though the standard format of its output is slightly different.
$ < in uniq -c
2 16
2 8
2 16
1 4
3 8
Assuming in is a file that contains the input, you'll get what you see above.
answered 3 hours ago
TomaszTomasz
9,25852965
answered 3 hours ago
TomaszTomasz
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answered 3 hours ago
TomaszTomasz
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answered 3 hours ago
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which could be piped throughawk '{print $2,$1}'for a quick'n'dirty way to get output in the order shown by the OP
– steeldriver
3 hours ago
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which could be piped throughawk '{print $2,$1}'for a quick'n'dirty way to get output in the order shown by the OP
– steeldriver
3 hours ago
which could be piped through
awk '{print $2,$1}' for a quick'n'dirty way to get output in the order shown by the OP– steeldriver
3 hours ago
which could be piped through
awk '{print $2,$1}' for a quick'n'dirty way to get output in the order shown by the OP– steeldriver
3 hours ago
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Do you mean repeated characters (e.g.
111), repeated strings (e.g.123123) or repeated lines? Will each line of your input only consist of a string of characters (including numbers) and no spaces? Do you just want repeated lines?– terdon♦
3 hours ago
@terdon - it was a badly worded title - I meant to put repeated lines. My question sort of changed as I was writing the post. I'll edit the title.
– ToasterFrogs
3 hours ago