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Process a log file and count the number of times different types of buttons were pressed for an IoT project. How would you accomplish?
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button-presses.log
2018-3-23 9:06:48|circuit board
2018-3-22 18:11:22|dash button
2018-3-22 8:46:54|web
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count.sh
# Count number of distinct times each button type pressed
cat button-presses.log | cut -d "|" -f 2 | sort | uniq -c
# Results
# 5 circuit board
# 12 dash button
# 3 web
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