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  1.     str="Hey . My . Name . Is . Bash"
  2.     len=${#str}
  3.     str=${str//./}
  4.     len2=${#str}
  5.  
  6.     count=$((len-len2))
  7.  
  8.     echo "There are $count '.' in '$str'"
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 5312KB
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Standard input is empty
stdout 
There are 4 '.' in 'Hey  My  Name  Is  Bash'
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language:
Bash (bash 5.0.3)
created:
11 years ago
visibility:
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