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How can i count characters, words and lines from a file with wc command?

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does wc --help not work? – SilentGhost Mar 25 '10 at 11:55
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Try: man wc . – Yacoby Mar 25 '10 at 11:56
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look at the man wc page. or info wc page – user31894 Mar 25 '10 at 11:57

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Lines: wc -l filename.txt

Characters: wc -m filename.txt

Words: wc -w filename.txt

http://www.computerhope.com/unix/uwc.htm

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