wc - print newline, word, and byte counts for each file
syntax $ wc [options] filenames
wc without options will display (number of lines), (number of words) and (number of bytes) of the file $ wc file.txt
To Count Number of Lines $ wc -l file.txt
To Display Number of Words $ wc -w file.txt
To Count Number of Bytes and Characters $ wc -c file.txt $ wc -m file.txt
To Display Length of Longest Line\ $ wc -L file.txt
regards, T.Dhanasekar