Linux Tip - Line count and Word count

Linux Tip - Line count and Word count - Command line

$ wc file1.txt

211  507 4398

This line means that the file had 211 lines, 507words and 4398characters (bytes).

Count the number of lines in file1.txt

$ wc -l < file1.txt

211

Count the number of words in file2.txt

$ wc -w file2.txt

507 file2.txt

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