Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@rsvp
rsvp / freqy.sh
Created February 18, 2012 15:43
freqy.sh : sort lines by their frequency count -- a very useful idiom as Linux bash script.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# bash 3.2.25(1) Ubuntu 7.10 Date : 2012-02-15
#
# _______________| freqy : sort and order lines by frequency of appearance.
#
# Usage: freqy [optional: file(s)]
#
# Notes: Will work in a pipe.
# Does not alter the file(s) themselves.
#