How can I format my grep output to show line numbers at the end of the line, and also the hit count?
-n
returns line number.
-i
is for ignore-case. Only to be used if case matching is not necessary
$ grep -in null myfile.txt
2:example two null,
4:example four null,
Combine with awk
to print out the line number after the match:
$ grep -in null myfile.txt | awk -F: '{print $2" - Line number : "$1}'
example two null, - Line number : 2
example four null, - Line number : 4
Use command substitution to print out the total null count:
$ echo "Total null count :" $(grep -ic null myfile.txt)
Total null count : 2
Use -n
or --line-number
.
Check out man grep
for lots more options.
use grep -n -i null myfile.txt
to output the line number in front of each match.
I dont think grep has a switch to print the count of total lines matched, but you can just pipe grep's output into wc to accomplish that:
grep -n -i null myfile.txt | wc -l