How to check the number of lines, words and characters of a file in Linux

To count the number of file lines, take the statistics of the system install.log file line number as an example.

Command to count the number of lines in the install.log file:

wc -l install.log

or

cat install.log | wc -l

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Count the number of words, still taking the install.log file as an example.

Command to count the number of words in the install.log file:

wc -w install.log

or

cat  install.log | wc -w

Count the number of characters. Still taking the install.log file as an example.

Command to count the number of characters in the install.log file:

wc -c  install.log

or

cat install.log | wc -c

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