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linux - How do I count the number of occurrences of a string in an entire file?

Is there an inbuilt command to do this or has anyone had any luck with a script that does it?

I am looking to count the number of times a certain string (not word) appears in a file. This can include multiple occurrences per line so the count should count every occurrence not just count 1 for lines that have the string 2 or more times.

For example, with this sample file:

blah(*)wasp( *)jkdjs(*)kdfks(l*)ffks(dl
flksj(*)gjkd(*
)jfhk(*)fj (*) ks)(*gfjk(*)

If I am looking to count the occurrences of the string (*) I would expect the count to be 6, i.e. 2 from the first line, 1 from the second line and 3 from the third line. Note how the one across lines 2-3 does not count because there is a LF character separating them.

Update: great responses so far! Can I ask that the script handle the conversion of (*) to (*), etc? That way I could just pass any desired string as an input parameter without worrying about what conversion needs to be done to it so it appears in the correct format.

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You can use basic tools such as grep and wc:

grep -o '(*)' input.txt | wc -l

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