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you can do<br />
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awk '{print $12}' file | sort | uniq -c
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you can do

awk '{print $12}' file | sort | uniq -c

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That's exactly what I was looking for, perfect, thank you very much!
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That's exactly what I was looking for, perfect, thank you very much!

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... and to have only a 'top ten' list, use<br />
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awk '{print $12}' file | sort | uniq -c | head -10 <br />

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... and to have only a 'top ten' list, use
 
awk '{print $12}' file | sort | uniq -c | head -10


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Hi,<br />
I have email log files, which I would like to be able to extract multiple email address in a given column ( awk '{print $12}' ) &amp;&nbsp;a count of the total number of occurrences for each. Essentially a top ten (or top 100) list. Any advice would be great.<br />
Thanks.
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Hi,
I have email log files, which I would like to be able to extract multiple email address in a given column ( awk '{print $12}' ) & a count of the total number of occurrences for each. Essentially a top ten (or top 100) list. Any advice would be great.
Thanks.

How do I search, sort &amp; count log file content?

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How do I search, sort &amp; count log file content?

How do I search, sort & count log file content?