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Ifthatsoundssimpleorboring,it'sanythingbut;thewccommandcanbeusedinLinuxcommandpipelinestodoallsortsofinterestingthingsLet'stakealookat someLinuxwcPDFCharacter&WordCounterSelectaPDFfile:CALCULATE4, Thesedcommandwiththeoptions-nand$=cancountanddisplay thetotalnumberoflinesinthefile"words")forasingleline:echo'1,2,3,4,5'wc-w•9, TheLinuxwordcountcommandisnamedwccommandcountsthe numberofcharacters,words,andlinesthatarecontainedinatextstreamTogetanoverallnumberoflinesinthefile,use:sed-n'$=', Todothis,highlightthe textyouwanttogetthewordcountofbyclickinganddraggingyourcursoroverthetextItavailablecapturesaminustotokengrep-lq"search-word"&&echo $i;doneOnceselected,checkthewordcountinthestatusbarThe-qIntroductiontoLinuxLinuxDocumentationProjectchapterIfonUnix,youcanuse:wc-w togetthewordcountItworksonbothLinux(Ubuntu)andMacOSNote:youdonotneedtoinstallanything,itisbuilt-inonyourUbuntu/MacOSStepopena terminal.SortedbyIfyouwanttogetacountofnumbers(i.e.Inthistutorial,wewillshowyouhowtousethewccommandthroughsimpleandpracticalexamples wc(shortforwordcount)isacommandlinetoolinUnix/Linuxoperatingsystems,whichisusedtofindoutthenumberofnewlinecount,wordcount,byteand charactercountinthefilesspecifiedbytheFileargumentstothestandardoutputandholdatotalcountforallnamedfiles3AnswersStepcdtothedirectory whereyourpdffileislocatedThe$=signifiesthelastlineofthefileThefirstnumberrepresentstheselectedwordcount, ThewccommandinLinuxfindsout thenumberoflines,wordcount,charactercount,bytecountofoneormultiplefiles,andnumberoflinesofthefile/filesUnix&LinuxStackExchangeisaquestion andanswersiteforusersregardingLinux,FreeBSDandselectUn*x-likeoperatingschemeOr,opentheWordCountdialogbox(Tools>WordCount)and thencheckthenumbernexttoWordsIsthereanywayIcangetthewordcountofaPDFdocumentthatI'mviewinginEvince,Ubuntu'sdefaultpdfviewer?$ ps2asciiwc-w.StepThenyoushouldseethenumberofwordsinthat4minread.LongAnswer:IfonUnix,youcanusepdftotext:andthendothewordcountin thegeneratedfileSortedbyQuickAnswer:pdftotextwc-wItensuresthatonlythelinenumberisprintedtothestandardoutputThiswilloutputIfyouwanttoget acountforeverylineinagivenfile,youcandoitinawhileloop:whilereadline;doecho$linewc-w;done<yourfileStepissuethefollowingcommandI'mable toconvertthedocumentstotextfilesandgetthewordcountfromtheterminal,butI'dquiteliketobeabletoquicklygetatthemwithouthavingtousetheterminal AnswersOnLinuxandUnix-likeoperatingsystems,thewccommandallowsyoutocountthenumberoflines,words,characters,andbytesofeachgivenfileor standardinputandprinttheresult

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