diff --git a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosdriver.py b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosdriver.py
index 6432e88..fdc511f 100644
--- a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosdriver.py
+++ b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosdriver.py
@@ -1939,7 +1939,11 @@
         ONOSIps = []
 
         try: 
-            ipFile = open("myIps","r+")
+            if os.path.exists("myIps"):
+                ipFile = open("myIps","r+")
+            else: 
+                ipFile = open("myIps","w+")
+
             fileONOSIps = ipFile.readlines()
             ipFile.close()
 
@@ -2000,10 +2004,12 @@
 
             - output modes: 
                 "s" -   Simple. Quiet output mode that just prints 
-                        the occurances of each search term 
+                        the occurences of each search term 
 
-                "d" -   Detailed. Prints occurances as well as the entire
-                        line for each of the last 5 occurances 
+                "d" -   Detailed. Prints number of occurences as well as the entire
+                        line for each of the last 5 occurences 
+
+            - returns total of the number of instances of all search terms
         '''
         main.log.info("========================== Log Report ===========================\n")
 
@@ -2015,7 +2021,7 @@
         for term in range(len(searchTerms)): 
             logLines[term][0] = searchTerms[term]
 
-
+        totalHits = 0 
         for term in range(len(searchTerms)): 
             cmd = "onos-ssh " + nodeIp + " cat /opt/onos/log/karaf.log | grep " + searchTerms[term] 
             self.handle.sendline(cmd)
@@ -2033,7 +2039,8 @@
             main.log.info( str(count[0]) + ": " + str(count[1]) )
             if term == len(searchTerms)-1: 
                 print("\n")
-            
+            totalHits += int(count[1]) 
+
         if outputMode != "s" and outputMode != "S":        
             outputString = ""
             for i in logLines:
@@ -2045,5 +2052,4 @@
                     main.log.info(outputString) 
                 
         main.log.info("================================================================\n")
-    
-
+        return totalHits