$ for y in {2002..2007}; do \ n=$( git log | grep ^Date: | grep $y | wc -l ); \ echo "Number of commits in $y: $n"; \ done Number of commits in 2002: 3094 Number of commits in 2003: 3283 Number of commits in 2004: 3851 Number of commits in 2005: 6006 Number of commits in 2006: 8431 Number of commits in 2007: 9526
-Hans