Nandakumar Edamana
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Shell Script to Count the Lines, Words and Characters in a File


Here is a small shell script that counts the lines, words and characters in a file. Most shell scripts utilize other programs. In this case, it is wc, the standard Unix utility to count words, lines and characters in a file. Without further delay, let's get into the source code. We'll explain it later.

Please note that this article assumes you already know how to write and execute a shell script.

Code

#!/bin/bash

echo -n "Enter the filename: "
read path

read lines words chars filename 

Keywords (click to browse): word-count wc counting file-statistics shell sh bash linux gnu unix script programming command-line