wc
wc is a Linux command in the Text Processing category, rated beginner difficulty. Counts lines, words, characters, and bytes in files. The syntax is wc [options] [file]. Key options and parameters: file — file(s) to count. It returns line/word/character counts. A practical example: wc file.txt wc -l file.txt # Line count only wc -w file.txt # Word count only wc -c file.txt # Byte count only wc *.txt # Count for multiple files A close relative is grep, which searches for patterns in files using regular expressions. A close relative is sed, which stream editor for filtering and transforming text. A close relative is awk, which powerful text processing language. Ideal for column-based data and reports. More about this category: Linux text processing commands — grep, sed, awk, sort, cut, tr, and more. Search, filter, transform, and format text content. Related Text Processing commands: grep, sed, awk, sort, uniq, cut, tr, tee.