alternate command for wc -l

shijoe · #1 (**permalink**) 04-14-09, 07:41

We have to take the word count for huge files. if I am giving wc -l filename, its not providing the count result. because the file size is 585498101 bytes. Do we have any alternate command to find the word count in unix

LKBrwn_DBA · #2 (**permalink**) 04-14-09, 10:04

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WC(1)                            User Commands                           WC(1)

NAME
       wc - print the number of newlines, words, and bytes in files

SYNOPSIS
       wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified.  With
       no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

       -c, --bytes
              print the byte counts

       -m, --chars
              print the character counts

       -l, --lines
              print the newline counts

       -L, --max-line-length
              print the length of the longest line

       -w, --words
              print the word counts
       --help display this help and exit

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