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Get line number when number of occurrences of a specific pattern in a line is different from a given argument. Usefull for test the number of columns in a CSV file.
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README.md

Get line number when number of occurrences of a specific pattern in a line is different from a given argument. Usefull for test the number of columns in a CSV file.

  • myFile => file
  • myPatern => specific pattern
  • myNumberOfOccurrences => number of occurrences in a line
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getLineNumberWhenNumberOfOccurrencesOfAPatternIsDifferentFromAGivenArg.sh
cat ./myFile | awk '{ split($0,a,"myPatern"); print NR " - " length(a) -1 }' | grep -v myNumberOfOccurrces
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