Count number of characters in file from command line and Vim

Count number of characters in file from command line and Vim

The command wc prints several file statistics: bytes, lines, words, etc. Using the -m option we can count the number of characters in a text file.

Install

Open a terminal window and run:

wc -m FILE

We can count the number of characters from Vim editor using this ex command:

:!wc -m %

References

wc(1) - Linux man page

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