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I need to count all lines of an unix file. The file has 3 lines but wc -l gives only 2 count.
I understand that it is not counting last line because it does not have end of line character
Could any one please tell me how to count that line as well ?
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5. Which option is used for counting the number of characters in a file only. Explanation: -c option when used with wc command display only the number of characters in the specified file.
wc. The wc command is used to find the number of lines, characters, words, and bytes of a file. To find the number of lines using wc, we add the -l option. This will give us the total number of lines and the name of the file.
The following are the options and usage provided by the command. wc -l : Prints the number of lines in a file. wc -w : prints the number of words in a file. wc -c : Displays the count of bytes in a file.
The Command WC (word count) in Linux OS allows to find out the word count, newline count, and the count of bytes or characters in a file that is mentioned by the file arguments. The output that is returned from word count command will give you the count of lines in a file or the number of words or character in a file.
grep -c returns the number of matching lines. Just use an empty string "" as your matching expression:
$ echo -n $'a\nb\nc' > 2or3.txt
$ cat 2or3.txt | wc -l
2
$ grep -c "" 2or3.txt
3
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