The wc command is used to count newlines, words, or bytes in a given file. Used with a pipe it can also be untilised for general counting operations. The following sections give a few examples of how it can be used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To count the number of bytes in a file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ cat 02-Test.m3u | wc -c<\/pre>\n\n\n\nTo find the length of the longest line in a file. NB calling wc with the name of a file supplied results in output which contains both the answer and the file name., whilst piping to wc results only in the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ wc -L 02-Test.m3u\n71 02-Test.m3u\n\n$ cat 02-Test.m3u | wc -L\n71<\/pre>\n\n\n\nTo count the number of files plus directories at the current location<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ ls -1 | wc -l<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The wc command is used to count newlines, words, or bytes in a given file. Used with a pipe it can also be untilised for general counting operations. The following sections give a few examples of how it can be used. To count the number of bytes in a file: $ cat 02-Test.m3u | wc … <\/p>\n