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How to display number of lines in a file

  1. wc –l

  2. wc –line

  3. wc –c

  4. other
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Explanation

wc -l counts the number of lines in a file. wc stands for 'word count' and -l specifies lines. The -c option counts bytes, not lines. There is no -line option for wc.

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