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Count the number of characters, words and lines in PowerShell
Mufa Sam
09 Mar 2021, 09:10 UTC
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In Linux we have the "wc" command which allows us to count the number of characters, words and lines in a file.
But do we have a similar cmdlet in PowerShell. The Measure-Object cmdlet I tried could only count the number of lines but not the characters and words.
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eyesec
Permalink12 Mar 2021, 09:10 UTC
Get-Content [FILENAME] | Measure-Object -Character
It counts the number of characters in the file.
Get-Content [FILENAME] | Measure-Object -Word
It counts the number of words in the file.
Get-Content [FILENAME] | Measure-Object -Line
It counts the number of lines in the file.
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Lee_DaileyPermalink
10 Mar 2021, 21:10 UTC
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Measure-Object cmdlet CAN count lines, words, and chars. please add your code to the Question so we can see what needs changing.Liang ZhangPermalink
13 Mar 2021, 21:10 UTC
It works. Unfortunately,
Measure-Object seems to be much slower than wc.