Powershell count the occurrence of each word

[T Ton]

Hello,

I have these lines:

Apple
Orange
Banana
Pear
Apple
Banana
Banana

I want to count the occurrence of each word. So, the ouput would be something like these:


2 apple
1 orange
3 banana
1 pear


In UNIX, you can use wc to easily do it. But I don't know how to manipulate it in POWERSHELL.


Help please. Thanks!

[Tom]

You can use the cmdlet Group-Object. Group-Object works with arrays.

"Apple", "Orange", "Banana", "Pear", "Apple", "Banana", "Banana" | Group-Object

Count Name Group
----- ---- -----
2 Apple {Apple, Apple}
1 Orange {Orange}
3 Banana {Banana, Banana, Banana}
1 Pear {Pear}


With "Get-Help Group-Object -Full" you get all the information you need (including some examples).

Regards,
Tom