Timeline for The wc -w command outputs incorrect answer
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| Feb 7, 2016 at 19:04 | history | edited | Thomas Dickey | CC BY-SA 3.0 | clarify |
| Feb 7, 2016 at 17:45 | comment | added | Prem | Explanation for wrong answer by "wc" is correct. Solution will not work if text contains "shell_shell shell_shell" , for which "grep -c" will incorrectly count 1. Only "grep -o" seems to be the best ! | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 20:56 | comment | added | Jeff Schaller♦ | And you'd have to be careful with (theoretical) input lines like "shell shell" | |
| S Feb 6, 2016 at 19:53 | history | suggested | Miles | CC BY-SA 3.0 | correct the description of what grep -c does |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 19:36 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Feb 6, 2016 at 16:38 | vote | accept | J.Doe | ||
| Feb 6, 2016 at 16:37 | history | edited | Thomas Dickey | CC BY-SA 3.0 | clarify |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 16:32 | history | edited | Thomas Dickey | CC BY-SA 3.0 | clarify |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 16:24 | comment | added | J.Doe | That's what I was thinking too, but I tried to count a word that wasn't in the file, thinking it would output a 1 but it said 0 so I didn't give it much thought after. Any advice on how to fix it? | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 16:20 | history | answered | Thomas Dickey | CC BY-SA 3.0 |