<p>Fear not Dann has not decided to branch and do a plumbing show. Rather he sticks with the plan and brings us yet another excellent explanation of a common unix utility, namely <strong>wc</strong></p> 

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<a href="https://www.linuxintheshell.com/2012/04/24/episode-005-wc/">https://www.linuxintheshell.com/2012/04/24/episode-005-wc/</a>
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<p>Ever want to know how many lines are in a file? How about how many words are in a file or even how many characters? Well then the “wc” command is just for you. The “wc” command, short for word count, is a very simple command that will print “new line, word and byte counts for file specified, and a total count for all files combined if more than one file is included.”</p>
<p>Consider the following little ditty:</p>
<blockquote><p>the linux wc command<br>
for those not in the know<br>
stands for word count and<br>
does a lot you should know</p>
<p>It counts lines and words and bytes<br>
producing output on site<br>
quickly giving you the numbers<br>
without any blunders</p></blockquote>
<p>Executing the following command:</p>
<blockquote><p>wc poem.txt</p></blockquote>
<p>Results in the following output:</p>
<blockquote><p>9 40 215 poem.txt</p></blockquote>
<p>To break it down:</p>
<ul>
<li>9 lines</li>
<li>40 words</li>
<li>215 characters</li>
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