awk question

[rentrap]

Hello friends.
i have a question about using awk.
for example there is a document & there are lots of xyz word in the document.
how can i count this xyz.
i want to show there are ... xyz word in this document.

[gerard4143]

Try this..

usage:

awk -f prog.awk filename

#! /usr/bin/awk -f

BEGIN	{
		print("Searching for the xyz....\n");
		found = 0;
		lines = 0;
		FS = "";
	}

{	++lines;
	for (i = 1; i <= NF; ++i)
	{
		++charin;
		
		if (($i == "x") && ($(i + 1) == "y") && ($(i + 2) == "z"))
		{
			++found;
			printf("found entry %d, on line %d\n", found, lines);
		}
	}
}

END	{
		printf("found %d entries...\n", found);
	}

[ghostdog74]

awk ' {m=gsub(/xyz/,"") ;t+=m} END{print t}'  file

[snagarajan86]

Hai guys i have one question

i have two files

cat > file1

9842121,a4
9942121,a4
9742121,a4

cat > file2
9842121,a4
9742121,a4
9442121,a4


iwant output like below

9842121,a4

basicallly i wnat to compare two text files first column and if it is same the i would print it in a new text file

can anybody help me out please