find number of words in file

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Hi,

How find words that have xyz anywhere in that file.

Ex. abxyzc. How to find this word.

I have tried

cat filename | grep '*xyz*' | wc -l

But it's showing 0.

~~Please help, very urgent~~

Posted 23-Nov-12 0:20am

srmohanr

Updated 23-Nov-12 6:03am

Richard MacCutchan

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André Kraak · Answer 1 · 2012-11-23T04:22:00

Solution 2

I have not tested this, but give this a try:

grep -o -w '\<*xyz*\>' -f filename | wc -w

Posted 23-Nov-12 4:22am

André Kraak

Updated 23-Nov-12 4:23am

v2

Prathap Gangireddy · Answer 2 · 2012-11-23T04:02:00

Solution 1

C#

string stringToCheck = "text1";
string[] stringArray = { "text1", "testtest", "test1test2", "test2text1" };
foreach (string x in stringArray)
{
    if (x.Contains(stringToCheck))
    {
        // Process...
    }
}

Posted 23-Nov-12 4:02am

Prathap Gangireddy

Updated 23-Nov-12 4:06am

v2