#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;

my $file = shift || die "USAGE: $0 filename [ max_number_to_show ]";
my $most = shift || 0;

open(F, "< $file"); die "Error opening $file: $!, stopped" if $?;
my @lines = map { /^\s*(".*"),?/ ? $1 : () } (<F>);
close(F);

# First line is xy-size, numcolors and char-width
my ($x, $y, $num, $wc) = shift(@lines) =~ /(\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d
++)/;
die "$file: data line malformed, stopped" unless ($x && $y && $num && 
+$wc);
my %colors;

# Build color table
for my $i (1 .. $num)
{
    die "$file: color spec line #$i malformed, stopped"
        unless (shift(@lines) =~ /^"(.).*c\s+(\S+)/i);
    $colors{$1} = $2;
}

my (%color_count, $color, @line);
for my $line (1 .. $y)
{
    die "$file: Data line #$line malformed, stopped"
        unless ($lines[$line - 1] =~ /^"(.*)"$/ && (length($1) == $x*$
+wc));
    @line = split(//, $1);
    while (length($color = join('', splice(@line, 0, $wc))) == $wc)
    {
        $color_count{$color}++;
    }
}

my @sorted = sort { $color_count{$b} <=> $color_count{$a} } keys %colo
+r_count;
# If specified, show only $most values
@sorted = splice(@sorted, 0, $most) if $most;

print "Color                Frequency\n";
for (@sorted)
{
    printf("%-20s %d\n",
           ($colors{$_} =~ /none/i ? 'None (transparent)' : $colors{$_
+}),
           $color_count{$_});
}

exit;
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