File: tally.awk
   1 #!/usr/bin/awk -f
   2 
   3 # The MIT License (MIT)
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  24 
  25 
  26 # tally
  27 #
  28 # Show a reverse-sorted tally of all lines read, where ties are sorted
  29 # alphabetically.
  30 #
  31 # Output is a 2-item TSV table, which starts with a header line.
  32 
  33 
  34 BEGIN { print "value\ttally" }
  35 
  36 { tally[$0]++ }
  37 
  38 END {
  39     for (k in tally) {
  40         printf "%s\t%d\n", k, tally[k] | "sort -t '\t' -rnk2 -k1d"
  41     }
  42 }