wc command

[root@server ~]#  wc --help

Usage: wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if

more than one FILE is specified.  With no FILE, or when FILE is -,

read standard input.

  -c, --bytes            print the byte counts

  -m, --chars            print the character counts

  -l, --lines            print the newline counts

  -L, --max-line-length  print the length of the longest line

  -w, --words            print the word counts

      --help     display this help and exit

      --version  output version information and exit

[root@server Desktop]#vim file

hi i am shahzad

hi i am shahzad

For file count:

[root@server Desktop]#ls | wc –l

1

For line count:

[root@server Desktop]#wc -l file

##########Thanks for visiting##############

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