wc

Definition:

wc (word count) is used to get word count, newline count, byte and characters count in the files specified in its input.

Syntax:

wc [option] [file]

Options:

Option	Description
-m	Print the character counts.
-c	Print the byte counts.
-l	Print the newline counts.
-w	Print the word counts.
-L	Print the length of the longest line.

Examples:

Execute the following example. Here, 6 is the number of lines, 9 is the number of words, and 65 is the number of ...