Open/Display Content of a File
This lesson will illustrate various ways to display content and word count of files.
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 characters.
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