What command do we use to count the total number of lines, words, and characters contained in a file?

wc - print newline, word, and byte counts for each file

Examples:

> wc todos.txt  =>26 65853

> wc -l todos.txt =>26 (lines)

> wc -c todos.txt =>853 (bytes)

> wc -m todos.txt =>766 (characters)

> wc -w todos.txt =>65 (words)

Office2010-13 from Review tab select Word Count in Proofine group. you can also chekc status bar for word and page counts.

wc command in fact:

• wc -l (lines, ex. ls -l | wc -l)
• wc -m (characters, ex wc -m test.txt)
• wc -w (words, ex wc -w test.txt)

#wc file_name

In Review Tab in msoffice, Select Word count.