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head -n 10 will give you the first 10 lines of a file; that may help you solve the extra piece

Jeff Schaller
– Jeff Schaller ♦

2016-01-16 20:24:15 +00:00
Commented Jan 16, 2016 at 20:24
But what about if let's say i need to print the words that have more than x apperances ?

gigiman
– gigiman

2016-01-16 21:55:03 +00:00
Commented Jan 16, 2016 at 21:55
If you've sorted and uniq -c'd, then one way would be to use awk to ask if field 2 is greater than X

Jeff Schaller
– Jeff Schaller ♦

2016-01-16 22:48:59 +00:00
Commented Jan 16, 2016 at 22:48
@JeffSchaller ok , but if X is a parameter given as an input?

gigiman
– gigiman

2016-01-16 23:04:48 +00:00
Commented Jan 16, 2016 at 23:04
Search this site for ways that people pass variables into awk. Look for -v

Jeff Schaller
– Jeff Schaller ♦

2016-01-16 23:10:50 +00:00
Commented Jan 16, 2016 at 23:10

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