#!/usr/bin/env bash dict=$1 : ${dict:=dict} echo first seq a z | while read a; do /bin/echo -n "$a: "; grep ^$a $dict | wc -l; done | sort -k2nr echo second seq a z | while read a; do /bin/echo -n "$a: "; grep ^.$a $dict | wc -l; done | sort -k2nr echo third seq a z | while read a; do /bin/echo -n "$a: "; grep ^..$a $dict | wc -l; done | sort -k2nr echo fourth seq a z | while read a; do /bin/echo -n "$a: "; grep ^...$a $dict | wc -l; done | sort -k2nr echo last seq a z | while read a; do /bin/echo -n "$a: "; grep ^....$a $dict | wc -l; done | sort -k2nr