const f = "C:\...\file.txt"
set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
redim count(255)
set ts = fso.OpenTextFile(f)
do while not ts.AtEndOfStream
c = asc(ts.Read(1))
count(c) = count(c) + 1
loop
ts.close
set ts = fso.CreateTextFile(f & ".count")
ts.WriteLine "asc" & vbTab & "chr" & vbTab & "count"
for i = 0 to 255
if count(i) > 0 then ts.WriteLine i & vbTab & chr(i) & vbTab & count(i)
next
ts.close
input: your mail output: asc chr count 10 (LF) 37 13 (CR) 37 32 176 34 " 6 40 ( 7 41 ) 7 42 * 1 44 , 8 45 - 4 46 . 19 49 1 5 50 2 8 51 3 7 52 4 4 53 5 3 54 6 3 55 7 2 56 8 1 59 ; 4 61 = 1 64 @ 1 70 F 2 72 H 3 73 I 10 77 M 1 84 T 3 97 a 102 98 b 24 99 c 39 100 d 20 101 e 115 102 f 20 103 g 12 104 h 47 105 i 38 106 j 2 107 k 3 108 l 38 109 m 25 110 n 57 111 o 61 112 p 22 113 q 1 114 r 53 115 s 52 116 t 94 117 u 31 118 v 3 119 w 23 120 x 2 121 y 6