FREQ(1)

freq(1) 💅 print histogram of character frequencies

General Commands Manual, section 1, bestie — folding the header in right here so it doesn't have to show up as a boring copied line. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

freq — print histogram of character frequencies 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

freq [ -dxocr ] [ file ...  ]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so freq reads the files you pass it — and if you don't pass any, it defaults to standard input, periodt — then prints histograms of the character frequencies. It's giving data visualization but make it terminal.

By default, freq counts each byte as a character. Under the -r option, it instead counts UTF sequences, that is, runes. Slay, we love a multibyte-aware icon.

Each non-zero entry of the table is printed preceded by the byte value, in decimal, octal, hex, and Unicode character (if printable). Like every nonzero little guy gets its full value-format lineup. If any options are given, the -d, -x, -o, -c flags specify a subset of value formats: decimal, hex, octal, and character, respectively. No cap.

Here's the flag rundown, bestie:

• -d — decimal value format 🧮
• -x — hex value format 🔥
• -o — octal value format 🐙
• -c — character value format 🎀
• -r — count UTF sequences (runes) instead of bytes, i.e. the rune mode ✨

💜 SOURCE 💜

/src/cmd/freq.c

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

utf(7), wc(1)

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And that's the whole page, bestie — freq(1) from General Commands Manual. The source is up in SOURCE, and the footer has no version/date to spill, just the manual title doing its iconic little outro. Stay freq-y and fabulous 💖🎀💅