ccnt

Name

ccnt : Counts the columns

Synopsis

Usage   : ccnt [-f] [-v] <file1> <file2>...

          ccnt -d <string>

Version : Thu Jan 15 16:51:13 JST 2015

Description

Counts the number of columns in the text file passed as an argument or

from standard input.

Specify -d then the number of columns in text string <string> is counted.

Example 1 Direct Mode

$ a="X Y Z"

$ ccnt -d "$a"

3

Example 2

When all rows have the same number of columns, that number is output.

$ cat data

a b c d

e f g h

$ ccnt data

4

Example 3

If there are rows with different numbers of columns then the count

is output each time the number of columns changes.

$ cat data2

a b c

a b c

a b c

a b

a b c

$ ccnt data2

3

2

3

Example 4

If you use the -v option then the row number is output whenever the

number of columns per row changes.

$ ccnt -v data2

1 3                 <-- 3 columns from line 1

4 2                 <-- 2 columns from line 4

5 3                 <-- 3 columns from line 5

Example 5

The -f option displays the input file name. If reading from standard

input then STDIN is displayed.

When used with the -v option, the input file name, line number and

number of columns are output in that order.

$ ccnt -f data2

data2 3

data2 2

data2 3

$ ccnt -f data data2

data 4

data2 3

data2 2

data2 3

$ cat data2 | ccnt -f data -

data 4

STDIN 3

STDIN 2

STDIN 3

$ ccnt -f -v data2

data2 1 3

data2 4 2

data2 5 3