[Bash] wc cmmand

The wc command computes the numbers of lines, words, and bytes in a file:

wc notes.txt

# > 3 7 35 /home/substack/notes.txt

Count words

wc -w notes.txt
# > 7 notes.txt

Count lines

wc -l notes.txt
3 notes.txt

Count bytes

wc -c notes.txt
# > 35 notes.txt

If you don't specify a file, wc will read from stdin. Type Ctrl+D (^D) to end the input.

wc -l

# > one
two
three
four
^D
4