HPR0972: LiTS 005: wc

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 wc

https://www.linuxintheshell.com/2012/04/24/episode-005-wc/

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.”

Consider the following little ditty:

the linux wc command
for those not in the know
stands for word count and
does a lot you should know

It counts lines and words and bytes
producing output on site
quickly giving you the numbers
without any blunders

Executing the following command:

wc poem.txt

Results in the following output:

9 40 215 poem.txt

To break it down:

• 9 lines
• 40 words
• 215 characters

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