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# Grep Count Matches

To print count matching lines we can use `-c, --count` argument with `grep` command.

## Example

```bash
seq 100 | grep -c 5
19
```

***Source:*** [***Linuxize***](https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-use-grep-command-to-search-files-in-linux/#count-matches)