#!/usr/local/bin/perl
#
# count_overview.pl: Count the groups in a bunch of xref records.
while (<>) {
chop;
@xreflist = split(/\t/); # split apart record
$_ = $xreflist[$#xreflist]; # xref is last.
@xreflist = reverse(split(/ /)); #break part xref line.
pop @xreflist; # get rid xref header
pop @xreflist;
while ($current = pop @xreflist) {
($current) = split(/:/,$current); #get newsgroup name
$groups{$current}++; #tally
}
}
# display accumulated groups and counts.
foreach $current (sort keys %groups) {
printf "%-50s\t%5d\n", $current, $groups{$current};
}
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