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Which command is used to count the no of characters in a file?

  1. wc -m

  2. wc -l

  3. wc -s

  4. wc -w
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Explanation

The standard wc utility with the -m option is specifically designed to count characters in a file. By contrast, the -l option counts lines, -w counts words, and -s is not a valid character-counting option in Unix/Linux.

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