Linux command —-— WC

2. Command format:
   

   WC [Options] File

4. Command function:

   Number of rows, words, and bytes of the statistics file

6. Common options:

   - C statistics byte number

   - L count rows

   - W statistical number of words

7. Common examples:

   Example one: View the number of rows, words, and bytes of a file

   Command: WC File

   Note: The default is the count of rows, words and bytes

   
   

   Example two: Requires viewing the number of rows in a file, but does not display the file name

   Command: Cat File | wc-l

   Example three: Count the number of files in the current directory

   Command: Ls-l | wc-l
   

Linux command —-— WC