Re: string count in log file
Re: string count in log file
- Subject: Re: string count in log file
- From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 01:51:58 -0400
- Organization: [very little]
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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 18:22:35 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Greg Sutherland <email@hidden>
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To: email@hidden
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Subject: string count in log file
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I'm very new to AS. I want to count the number of times a string appears
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in a logfile. I would appreciate someone pointing me to examples of the
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file I/O and string recognition.
This should give you what you want:
set theFile to (choose file with prompt "Pick the file to analyze:" of
type {"TEXT"})
set theRslt to (display dialog "Enter the string whose occurrences you
want to count:" default answer "")
set fileID to (open for access theFile)
try
set theText to (read fileID)
close access fileID
on error m number n
try
close access fileID
end try
error m number n
end try
set {od, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {AppleScript's text item
delimiters, text returned of theRslt}
set theCount to (count text items of theText) - 1
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to od
display dialog "The string occurred " & (theCount as text) & " time(s)"
buttons {"OK"} default button 1
Watch out for line wraps! What appears on two lines in this message may
belong on a single line and will not compile unless you arrange things
that way in Script Editor.
Marc K. Myers <email@hidden>
http://AppleScriptsToGo.com
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[9/15/01 1:50:46 AM]