$ for y in {2002..2006}; do \ n=$( git log | grep ^Date: | grep $y | wc -l ); \ echo "Number of patches in $y: $n"; \ done Number of patches in 2002: 3094 Number of patches in 2003: 3283 Number of patches in 2004: 3851 Number of patches in 2005: 6006 Number of patches in 2006: 8404
-Hans