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Asked: June 17, 20262026-06-17T08:17:40+00:00 2026-06-17T08:17:40+00:00

I want to grep a pattern in some files and count the occurrence with

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I want to grep a pattern in some files and count the occurrence with the filename. Right know, if I use

grep -r "month" report* | wc -l

it will sum all instances in all files. So the output is a single value 324343. I want something like this

report1: 3433
report2: 24399
....

The grep command will show the filename but will print every instance.

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    2026-06-17T08:17:41+00:00Added an answer on June 17, 2026 at 8:17 am

    grep -c will give you a count of matches for each file:

    grep -rc "month" report*
    
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