[HPADM] SUMMARY Scripting (counting number of times something sh ows up in a var)

From: Vance_Brasher@dril-quip.com
Date: Wed Sep 25 2002 - 16:33:23 EDT

Thanks to the following people.

Kevin Nikiforuk, George Bodnar, James Sohr, Steen Hammerum.

You can do any of the following.

echo "$TST" | awk -F'/' '{print NF}'
echo $TST | sed 's/\// /g' | wc -w
echo "$tst" | tr -c -d "/" | wc -c
 
 
Regards,
 
 
Vance Brasher
Unix System Administrator
Dril-Quip, Inc
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vance_Brasher@dril-quip.com [mailto:Vance_Brasher@dril-quip.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 3:16 PM
To: hpux-admin@dutchworks.nl
Subject: [HPADM] Scripting (counting number of times something shows up in a
var)

Guys, can anyone think of a way in a korn shell to do the following.

I have a variable called TST.

TST="/test/test/test"

I need to be able to return the number of / marks in it. Any ideas on a
quick/easy way to do this?

Regards,

Vance. 

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