#Pure Bash (no external programs), 164

This is longer than I'd hoped, but I wanted to see if the necessary counting and sorting (in the right direction) could be done purely with bash arrays (associative and non-associative):

declare -A c
for w in ${@//[[:punct:]]/ };{ ((c[$w]++));}
for w in ${!c[@]};{ i=${c[$w]};((m=i>m?i:m));s[$i]+=$w:;}
for((i=m;i>0;i--));{ printf "${s[i]//:/:$i
}";}

Save as a script file, chmod +x, and run:

$ ./countoccur This is a text and a number: 31.
a:2
and:1
number:1
text:1
31:1
is:1
This:1
$ 

Pure Bash (no external programs), 164

This is longer than I'd hoped, but I wanted to see if the necessary counting and sorting (in the right direction) could be done purely with bash arrays (associative and non-associative):

declare -A c
for w in ${@//[[:punct:]]/ };{ ((c[$w]++));}
for w in ${!c[@]};{ i=${c[$w]};((m=i>m?i:m));s[$i]+=$w:;}
for((i=m;i>0;i--));{ printf "${s[i]//:/:$i
}";}

Save as a script file, chmod +x, and run:

$ ./countoccur This is a text and a number: 31.
a:2
and:1
number:1
text:1
31:1
is:1
This:1
$ 

#Pure Bash (no external programs), 175

This is longer than I'd hoped, but I wanted to see if the necessary counting and sorting (in the right direction) could be done purely with bash arrays (associative and non-associative):

declare -A c
for w in ${@//[[:punct:]]/ };do((c[$w]++));done
for w in ${!c[@]};do i=${c[$w]};((m=i>m?i:m));s[$i]+=$w:;done
for((i=m;i>0;i--));do printf "${s[i]//:/:$i
}";done

Save as a script file, chmod +x, and run:

$ ./countoccur This is a text and a number: 31.
a:2
and:1
number:1
text:1
31:1
is:1
This:1
$ 

#Pure Bash (no external programs), 164

This is longer than I'd hoped, but I wanted to see if the necessary counting and sorting (in the right direction) could be done purely with bash arrays (associative and non-associative):

declare -A c
for w in ${@//[[:punct:]]/ };{ ((c[$w]++));}
for w in ${!c[@]};{ i=${c[$w]};((m=i>m?i:m));s[$i]+=$w:;}
for((i=m;i>0;i--));{ printf "${s[i]//:/:$i
}";}

Save as a script file, chmod +x, and run:

$ ./countoccur This is a text and a number: 31.
a:2
and:1
number:1
text:1
31:1
is:1
This:1
$ 

#Pure Bash (no external programs), 194

This is longer than I'd hoped, but I wanted to see if the necessary counting and sorting (in the right direction) could be done purely with bash arrays (associative and non-associative):

declare -A c
for w in ${@//[[:punct:]]/ };do : $((c[$w]++));done
for w in ${!c[@]};do i=${c[$w]};m=$((i>m?i:m));s[$i]+=" $w";done
for ((i=m;i>0;i--));do for t in ${s[i]};do echo $t:$i;done;done

Save as a script file, chmod +x, and run:

$ ./countoccur This is a text and a number: 31.
a:2
and:1
number:1
text:1
31:1
is:1
This:1
$ 

#Pure Bash (no external programs), 175

This is longer than I'd hoped, but I wanted to see if the necessary counting and sorting (in the right direction) could be done purely with bash arrays (associative and non-associative):

declare -A c
for w in ${@//[[:punct:]]/ };do((c[$w]++));done
for w in ${!c[@]};do i=${c[$w]};((m=i>m?i:m));s[$i]+=$w:;done
for((i=m;i>0;i--));do printf "${s[i]//:/:$i
}";done

Save as a script file, chmod +x, and run:

$ ./countoccur This is a text and a number: 31.
a:2
and:1
number:1
text:1
31:1
is:1
This:1
$