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Discussion Forum : Linux - Section 1 (Q.No. 1)
1.
What command is used to count the total number of lines, words, and characters contained in a file?
countw
wcount
wc
count p
None of the above
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Raj Singh said:   1 decade ago
[root@station2 ~]$ wc install.log
806 1620 32292 install.log

Amar said:   1 decade ago
[root@station2~]$wc install.log

Manish said:   1 decade ago
[root@station2~]$wc install.log

Swapneel said:   1 decade ago
wc -l filename : will give the no.of lines.

wc -w filename : will give the no.of words in the file.

Reet said:   1 decade ago
wc--- will give the number of lines words and bytes.

Suresh said:   1 decade ago
wc: The command it self contains the word count.

It counts the number words are available in the file.

Nv narayana said:   1 decade 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.
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Vineet said:   9 years ago
wc -l filename -> lines words character.

Dauntlessrony said:   8 years ago
wc -l, -c, -w.

Sonali shelke said:   8 years ago
wc is the only command in Linux which is used for counting total no characters, words and lines.


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