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Thank you! <br />
RETVAL=$(egrep -c 'PLS|ORA|ERR' $my_file)<br />
works great!
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Hi,<br />
I want to grep a file for 2 or more strings and get a count back.<br />
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for one string I have this..<br />
RETVAL=`egrep -c '(PLS)-' ${my_file}`<br />
<br />
what is the syntax to get the count of 2 or more strings.. <br />
<br />
if my file has any of these strings return the count<br />
file name = &quot;my_file&quot;<br />
strings=&quot;PLS&quot; and &quot;ORA&quot; and &quot;ERR&quot;<br />
<br />
Thx, Bill
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Hi,
I want to grep a file for 2 or more strings and get a count back.

for one string I have this..
RETVAL=`egrep -c '(PLS)-' ${my_file}`

what is the syntax to get the count of 2 or more strings.. 

if my file has any of these strings return the count
file name = "my_file"
strings="PLS" and "ORA" and "ERR"

Thx, Bill

what is the syntax to get the count of 2 or more strings..

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