| 1 | #!/bin/sh
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| 3 | # wc, word count, is a program that measures and counts bytes,
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| 4 | # characters, and lines
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| 5 | #
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| 6 | # $ wc -l file # counts the amount of lines in a file
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| 7 | # $ wc -w file # counts the amount of words in a file
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| 8 | # $ wc -m file # characters
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| 9 | # $ wc -c file # bytes
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| 10 | # $ wc file # gives out the lines, words, and bytes of a file
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| 11 | #
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| 12 | file="LICENSE"
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| 13 | word_count=$(wc -w $file)
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| 14 | line_count= # fix this
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| 15 | byte_count= # fix this
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| 16 |
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| 17 | echo "$line_count"
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| 18 | echo "$word_count"
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| 19 | echo "$byte_count"
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| 20 |
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| 21 | # One more thing you should get used to is standard input. Run the wc
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| 22 | # command without an argument and it will take you to a new line. Type
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| 23 | # whatever you want and end it with a ctrl d. You can run wc -w into
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| 24 | # this environment as well to see the length of your sentence.
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