Python to parse text file and get the count of items

version "1";
// Computer generated object language file
object 'MRKR' "Main" {
	Data_Type=2,
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},
	Printer_Info={
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	Page_Height=11.00000000,
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	Page_Footer="",
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	Left_Margin=0.50000000,
	Bottom_Margin=0.50000000,
	Right_Margin=0.50000000
},
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	Close_All="TRUE",
	Hide_Console="FALSE",
	Console_Left="FALSE",
	Console_Width=217,
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	0,
	0,
	892,
	1063
	}
},
	Dives={
	{
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	Windows={
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	0,
	-288,
	400,
	1008
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},
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	{
	Action_Type="Select",
	select_type=5
},
	{
	Action_Type="Select",
	select_type=0,
	Key_Names={
	"Theater"
	},
	Key_Indexes={
	{
	"AMERICAS"
	}
	}
},
	{
	Action_Type="Focus",
	Focus_Rows="True"
},
	{
	Action_Type="Dimensions",
	v_dims={
	"Theater",
	"Product Family",
	"Division",
	"Region",
	"Install at Country Name",
	"Connect Home Type",
	"Connect In Type",
	"SymmConnect Enabled",
	"Connect Home Refusal Reason",
	"Sales Order Channel Type",
	"Maintained By Group",
	"PS Flag",
	"Avalanche Flag",
	"Product Item Family"
	},
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	Xtab_Flip="False"
},
	{
	Action_Type="Select",
	select_type=5
},
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	Action_Type="Select",
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	"Theater",
	"Product Family",
	"Division",
	"Region",
	"Install at Country Name",
	"Connect Home Type",
	"Connect In Type",
	"SymmConnect Enabled",
	"Connect Home Refusal Reason",
	"Sales Order Channel Type",
	"Maintained By Group",
	"PS Flag",
	"Avalanche Flag"
	},
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	{
	"AMERICAS",
	"ATMOS",
	"Latin America CS Division",
	"37000 CS Region",
	"Mexico",
	"",
	"",
	"",
	"",
	"DIRECT",
	"EMC",
	"N",
	"0"
	}
	}
}
	}
},
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	Num_Palette_rows=0
},
	Format={
	Window_Type="Tabular",
	Tabular={
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}
}
}
	}
}
	},
	Widget_Set={
	Widget_Layout="Vertical",
	Go_Button=1,
	Picklist_Width=0,
	Sort_Subset_Dimensions="TRUE",
	Order={

	}
},
	Views={
	{
	Data_Type=1,
	dbname="Previous Qtr Diveplan",
	diveline_dbname="Current Qtr Diveplan",
	logical_name="Current Qtr Diveplan",
	cols={
	{
	name="Total TSS installs",
	column_type="Calc[Total TSS installs]",
	output_type="Number",
	format_string="."
},
	{
	name="TSS Valid Connectivity Records",
	column_type="Calc[TSS Valid Connectivity Records]",
	output_type="Number",
	format_string="."
},
	{
	name="% TSS Connectivity Record",
	column_type="Calc[% TSS Connectivity Record]",
	output_type="Number"
},
	{
	name="TSS Not Applicable",
	column_type="Calc[TSS Not Applicable]",
	output_type="Number",
	format_string="."
},
	{
	name="TSS Customer Refusals",
	column_type="Calc[TSS Customer Refusals]",
	output_type="Number",
	format_string="."
},
	{
	name="% TSS Refusals",
	column_type="Calc[% TSS Refusals]",
	output_type="Number"
},
	{
	name="TSS Eligible for Physical Connectivity",
	column_type="Calc[TSS Eligible for Physical Connectivity]",
	output_type="Number",
	format_string="."
},
	{
	name="TSS Boxes with Physical Connectivty",
	column_type="Calc[TSS Boxes with Physical Connectivty]",
	output_type="Number",
	format_string="."
},
	{
	name="% TSS Physical Connectivity",
	column_type="Calc[% TSS Physical Connectivity]",
	output_type="Number"
}
	},
	dim_cols={
	{
	name="Model",
	column_type="Dimension[Model]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Model",
	column_type="Dimension[Model]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Connect In Type",
	column_type="Dimension[Connect In Type]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Connect Home Type",
	column_type="Dimension[Connect Home Type]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="SymmConnect Enabled",
	column_type="Dimension[SymmConnect Enabled]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Theater",
	column_type="Dimension[Theater]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Division",
	column_type="Dimension[Division]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Region",
	column_type="Dimension[Region]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Sales Order Number",
	column_type="Dimension[Sales Order Number]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Product Item Family",
	column_type="Dimension[Product Item Family]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Item Serial Number",
	column_type="Dimension[Item Serial Number]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Sales Order Deal Number",
	column_type="Dimension[Sales Order Deal Number]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Item Install Date",
	column_type="Dimension[Item Install Date]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="SYR Last Dial Home Date",
	column_type="Dimension[SYR Last Dial Home Date]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Maintained By Group",
	column_type="Dimension[Maintained By Group]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="PS Flag",
	column_type="Dimension[PS Flag]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Connect Home Refusal Reason",
	column_type="Dimension[Connect Home Refusal Reason]",
	output_type="None",
	col_width=177
},
	{
	name="Cust Name",
	column_type="Dimension[Cust Name]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Sales Order Channel Type",
	column_type="Dimension[Sales Order Channel Type]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Sales Order Type",
	column_type="Dimension[Sales Order Type]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Part Model Key",
	column_type="Dimension[Part Model Key]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Ship Date",
	column_type="Dimension[Ship Date]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Model Number",
	column_type="Dimension[Model Number]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Item Description",
	column_type="Dimension[Item Description]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Customer Classification",
	column_type="Dimension[Customer Classification]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="CS Customer Name",
	column_type="Dimension[CS Customer Name]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Install At Customer Number",
	column_type="Dimension[Install At Customer Number]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Install at Country Name",
	column_type="Dimension[Install at Country Name]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="TLA Serial Number",
	column_type="Dimension[TLA Serial Number]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Product Version",
	column_type="Dimension[Product Version]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Avalanche Flag",
	column_type="Dimension[Avalanche Flag]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Product Family",
	column_type="Dimension[Product Family]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="Project Number",
	column_type="Dimension[Project Number]",
	output_type="None"
},
	{
	name="PROJECT_STATUS",
	column_type="Dimension[PROJECT_STATUS]",
	output_type="None"
}
	},
	Available_Columns={
	"Total TSS installs",
	"TSS Valid Connectivity Records",
	"% TSS Connectivity Record",
	"TSS Not Applicable",
	"TSS Customer Refusals",
	"% TSS Refusals",
	"TSS Eligible for Physical Connectivity",
	"TSS Boxes with Physical Connectivty",
	"% TSS Physical Connectivity",
	"Total Installs",
	"All Boxes with Valid Connectivty Record",
	"% All Connectivity Record",
	"Overall Refusals",
	"Overall Refusals %",
	"All Eligible for Physical Connectivty",
	"Boxes with Physical Connectivity",
	"% All with Physical Conectivity"
	},
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	{
	name="Total Installs",
	column_type="Calc[Total Installs]",
	output_type="Number",
	format_string="."
},
	{
	name="All Boxes with Valid Connectivty Record",
	column_type="Calc[All Boxes with Valid Connectivty Record]",
	output_type="Number",
	format_string="."
},
	{
	name="% All Connectivity Record",
	column_type="Calc[% All Connectivity Record]",
	output_type="Number"
},
	{
	name="Overall Refusals",
	column_type="Calc[Overall Refusals]",
	output_type="Number",
	format_string="."
},
	{
	name="Overall Refusals %",
	column_type="Calc[Overall Refusals %]",
	output_type="Number"
},
	{
	name="All Eligible for Physical Connectivty",
	column_type="Calc[All Eligible for Physical Connectivty]",
	output_type="Number"
},
	{
	name="Boxes with Physical Connectivity",
	column_type="Calc[Boxes with Physical Connectivity]",
	output_type="Number"
},
	{
	name="% All with Physical Conectivity",
	column_type="Calc[% All with Physical Conectivity]",
	output_type="Number"
}
	},
	calcs={
	{
	name="Total TSS installs",
	definition="Total[Total TSS installs]",
	ts_flag="Not TS Calc"
},
	{
	name="TSS Valid Connectivity Records",
	definition="Total[PS Boxes w/ valid connectivity record (1=yes)]",
	ts_flag="Not TS Calc"
},
	{
	name="% TSS Connectivity Record",
	definition="Total[PS Boxes w/ valid connectivity record (1=yes)] /Total[Total TSS installs]",
	ts_flag="Not TS Calc"
},
	{
	name="TSS Not Applicable",
	definition="Total[Bozes w/ valid connectivity record (1=yes)]-Total[Boxes Eligible (1=yes)]-Total[TSS Refusals]",
	ts_flag="Not TS Calc"
},
	{
	name="TSS Customer Refusals",
	definition="Total[TSS Refusals]",
	ts_flag="Not TS Calc"
},
	{
	name="% TSS Refusals",
	definition="Total[TSS Refusals]/Total[PS Boxes w/ valid connectivity record (1=yes)]",
	ts_flag="Not TS Calc"
},
	{
	name="TSS Eligible for Physical Connectivity",
	definition="Total[TSS Eligible]-Total[Exception]",
	ts_flag="Not TS Calc"
},
	{
	name="TSS Boxes with Physical Connectivty",
	definition="Total[PS Physical Connectivity] - Total[PS Physical Connectivity, SymmConnect Enabled=\"Capable not enabled\"]",
	ts_flag="Not TS Calc"
},
	{
	name="% TSS Physical Connectivity",
	definition="Total[Boxes w/ phys conn]/Total[Boxes Eligible (1=yes)]",
	ts_flag="Not TS Calc"
},
	{
	name="Total Installs",
	definition="Total[Total Installs]",
	ts_flag="Not TS Calc"
},
	{
	name="All Boxes with Valid Connectivty Record",
	definition="Total[Bozes w/ valid connectivity record (1=yes)]",
	ts_flag="Not TS Calc"
},
	{
	name="% All Connectivity Record",
	definition="Total[Bozes w/ valid connectivity record (1=yes)]/Total[Total Installs]",
	ts_flag="Not TS Calc"
},
	{
	name="Overall Refusals",
	definition="Total[Overall Refusals]",
	ts_flag="Not TS Calc"
},
	{
	name="Overall Refusals %",
	definition="Total[Overall Refusals]/Total[Bozes w/ valid connectivity record (1=yes)]",
	ts_flag="Not TS Calc"
},
	{
	name="All Eligible for Physical Connectivty",
	definition="Total[Boxes Eligible (1=yes)]-Total[Exception]",
	ts_flag="Not TS Calc"
},
	{
	name="Boxes with Physical Connectivity",
	definition="Total[Boxes w/ phys conn]-Total[Boxes w/ phys conn,SymmConnect Enabled=\"Capable not enabled\"]",
	ts_flag="Not TS Calc"
},
	{
	name="% All with Physical Conectivity",
	definition="Total[Boxes w/ phys conn]/Total[Boxes Eligible (1=yes)]",
	ts_flag="Not TS Calc"
}
	},
	merge_type="consolidate",
	merge_dbs={
	{
	dbname="connectivityallproducts.mdl",
	diveline_dbname="/DI_PSREPORTING/connectivityallproducts.mdl"
}
	},
	skip_constant_columns="FALSE",
	categories={
	{
	name="Geography",
	dimensions={
	"Theater",
	"Division",
	"Region",
	"Install at Country Name"
	}
},
	{
	name="Mappings and Flags",
	dimensions={
	"Connect Home Type",
	"Connect In Type",
	"SymmConnect Enabled",
	"Connect Home Refusal Reason",
	"Sales Order Channel Type",
	"Maintained By Group",
	"Customer Installable",
	"PS Flag",
	"Top Level Flag",
	"Avalanche Flag"
	}
},
	{
	name="Product Information",
	dimensions={
	"Product Family",
	"Product Item Family",
	"Product Version",
	"Item Description"
	}
},
	{
	name="Sales Order Info",
	dimensions={
	"Sales Order Deal Number",
	"Sales Order Number",
	"Sales Order Type"
	}
},
	{
	name="Dates",
	dimensions={
	"Item Install Date",
	"Ship Date",
	"SYR Last Dial Home Date"
	}
},
	{
	name="Details",
	dimensions={
	"Item Serial Number",
	"TLA Serial Number",
	"Part Model Key",
	"Model Number"
	}
},
	{
	name="Customer Infor",
	dimensions={
	"CS Customer Name",
	"Install At Customer Number",
	"Customer Classification",
	"Cust Name"
	}
},
	{
	name="Other Dimensions",
	dimensions={
	"Model"
	}
}
	},
	Maintain_Category_Order="FALSE",
	popup_info="false"
}
	}
};

import re

fname = "C:\Users\XXXX\Test.mrk"
with open(fname, "r") as fo: 
    content_as_string = fo.read()
    match = re.findall(r'v_dims={\"(.+?)\"}',content_as_string)

$ ./vdims<vdims.txt
v_dims: 14 items
$

$ bison -d vdims.y  # expect 2 reduce/reduce conflicts
$ flex --outfile=vdims.lex.c vdims.lex
$ gcc -o vdims -Wall vdims.tab.c vdims.lex.c -ly

%{
#define YYSTYPE char*

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<string.h>

#define STREQ(A,B) (!strcmp((A),(B)))

int
  yylex(void),
  vdims = 0;

void yyerror (char const*s) {
  fprintf(stderr,"\nError: %s\n",s);
  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

%}

%left VERSION OBJECT WORD BURP STRING NUMBER COMMA SEMICOLON BLOCK ENDBLOCK ASSIGN

%%

source: version object {
      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }
  ;

version: VERSION STRING SEMICOLON
  ;

object: OBJECT BURP STRING block SEMICOLON
  ;

block: BLOCK statements ENDBLOCK
  ;

statements: statement | statements COMMA statement
  ;

statement: assignment
  ;

assignment: WORD ASSIGN {
      if (STREQ("v_dims",$1))
	vdims = 1;
      free($1);
    } rhs {
      if (vdims)
        printf("v_dims: %d items\n",vdims-2), vdims = 0;
    }
  ;

rhs: block
  | expression
  ;

expression: STRING { vdims += !!vdims; }
  | NUMBER { vdims += !!vdims; }
  | list { vdims += !!vdims; }
  | block { vdims += !!vdims; }
  ;

list: BLOCK two_kinds_of_lists ENDBLOCK
  ;

two_kinds_of_lists: empty
  | expressions
  ;

empty: /* empty ok */
  ;

expressions: expression
  | expressions COMMA expression
  ;

%{
#include<string.h>
#include"vdims.tab.h"

int yywrap(void) {
  return 1;
}
%}

STRING \"([^"]|(\\\"))*\"
INTEGER [0-9]+
FLOAT {INTEGER}[.]{INTEGER}
NUMBER -?({FLOAT}|{INTEGER})
COMMA ,
SEMICOLON ;
COMMENT "//".*
BLOCK "{"
ENDBLOCK "}"
ASSIGN =
LETTER [a-zA-Z]
WORD {LETTER}({LETTER}|[_0-9])*
BURP '{WORD}'
VERSION version
OBJECT object

%%

{COMMENT} ;			/* ignore */
{VERSION} return VERSION;
{OBJECT} return OBJECT;
{WORD} return yylval = strdup(yytext), WORD;
{BURP} return BURP;
{STRING} return STRING;
{NUMBER} return NUMBER;
{COMMA} return COMMA;
{SEMICOLON} return SEMICOLON;
{BLOCK} return BLOCK;
{ENDBLOCK} return ENDBLOCK;
{ASSIGN} return ASSIGN;

.|\n ;