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# Count the number of words (file or STDIN)
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wc -w /path/to/foo.txt
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cat /path/to/foo.txt | wc -w
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# Count the number of lines (file or STDIN)
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wc -l /path/to/foo.txt
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cat /path/to/foo.txt | wc -l
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# Count the number of bytes (file or STDIN)
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wc -c /path/to/foo.txt
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cat /path/to/foo.txt | wc -c
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# Count files and directories at a given location
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ls -l | wc -l
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# If you ever use `wc` in a shell script and need to compare the output with an int you can
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# clean the output (wc returns extra characters around the integer) by using xargs:
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ls -l | wc -l | xargs
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