Re: tlug: Counting words

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Rob Bickel wrote:

> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> This is a simple question, but I can't remember how to do it.
> What can I use to count the words in a tex file?  I don't really
> care if it is absolutely accurate or not.  I just need a round
> number.  

the 'wc' program will do that.  It will also count characters or lines,
depending on your commandline options.


(PS - your sig is way too long :) )

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