Difference between revisions of "Wc"

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[[wc]] is a [[command]] to output the '''w'''ord '''c'''ount. <code>wc -l</code> counts the number of lines that are output. wc is typically used with [[piping]] like this:
 
[[wc]] is a [[command]] to output the '''w'''ord '''c'''ount. <code>wc -l</code> counts the number of lines that are output. wc is typically used with [[piping]] like this:
  ls -l | wc -l
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  ls -1 | wc -l
 
Counts how many files exist.
 
Counts how many files exist.

Latest revision as of 07:56, 23 May 2015

wc is a command to output the word count. wc -l counts the number of lines that are output. wc is typically used with piping like this:

ls -1 | wc -l

Counts how many files exist.