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The method of counting the number of lines, words and characters in linux

Shulou Source: shulou.com Published: 2022-06-03 03:56:11 09月22日 Update

Count the number of file lines, take the number of system install.log file lines as an example.

The command to count the lines of the install.log file:

Wc-l install.log

Or

Cat install.log | wc-l

Count the number of words, or take install.log files as an example.

Command to count the number of words in the install.log file:

Wc-w install.log

Or

Cat install.log | wc-w

Count the number of characters. Still take the install.log file as an example.

The command to count the characters of the install.log file:

Wc-c install.log

Or

Cat install.log | wc-c

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