Count

Syntax

splitby --count

What it does

Returns the count of items in the current selection mode:

• fields in field mode
• characters in character mode
• bytes in byte mode

The count is performed per record, so by default it will count for each line. If you wish to count across a document, you can use --whole-string mode.

Examples

echo "a,b,c\napple,banana" | splitby "," --count
# 3
# 2

echo "café" | splitby -c --count
# 4

echo "a,b,c\napple,banana" | splitby --whole-string "," --count
# 4

Gotchas

• Selections and selection-altering flags like --invert and --placeholder are ignored for counts.