in reply to RE: RE: Word Counter
in thread Word Counter

perl -lne '$a{$_}++ for split } print for (sort { $a{$b} <=> $a{$a} } keys %a)[0..9]; {' <filename> or even better: perl -lpe '$a{$_}++ for split } for ((sort { $a{$b} <=> $a{$a} } keys %a)[0..9]) {' <filename>