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What command is used to count the total number of lines, words, and characters contained in a file?
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Idd moshi said:
11 months ago
Wc -l filename.
Adarsh said:
3 years ago
wc is the right ans for this question becase wc <file name > uses for cout lines, no of word and total char.
Anupam Thakur said:
5 years ago
The wc (word count) command in Unix/Linux operating systems is used to find out number of newline count, word count, byte and characters count in a files specified by the file arguments.
Anupam Thakur said:
5 years ago
The full form of WC is word count.
Sonali shelke said:
5 years ago
wc is the only command in Linux which is used for counting total no characters, words and lines.
Dauntlessrony said:
6 years ago
wc -l, -c, -w.
Vineet said:
7 years ago
wc -l filename -> lines words character.
Nv narayana said:
8 years ago
wc -l A to count the no of lines in file.
wc - c to count the no characters in the file.
wc-w to count the no of words in the file.
wc - c to count the no characters in the file.
wc-w to count the no of words in the file.
Suresh said:
8 years ago
wc: The command it self contains the word count.
It counts the number words are available in the file.
It counts the number words are available in the file.
Reet said:
9 years ago
wc--- will give the number of lines words and bytes.
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