in reply to perl command line arguments

perl -F, -ane '$arg||=pop; ++$cnt if $F[7] eq $arg }{ print "There are
+ $cnt $arg s\n"' filename.txt string

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if you're not searching for a single zero.
We're not really tightening our belts, it just feels that way because we're getting fatter.

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