wc - command counts and displays the number of lines, words, character
and number of bytes enclosed in a file.
# wc -[options] filename
# wc -c filename
prints the byte counts
# wc -m filename
prints the character counts
# wc -l filename
prints the new line counts
# wc -L filename
prints the length of the longest line
# wc -w filename
prints the word counts
regards,
T.Dhanasekar
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