Count number of characters: Difference between revisions

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Count number of characters in different approaches

# print the character counts of txt files (contains the count of return symbol)
wc -m *.txt

# print the newline counts of txt files
wc -l *.txt

Step2: Check the Return symbol

Step3: final formula

Number of characters (not contains the return symbol) = result of wc -m *.txt - result of wc -m *.txt * 2 - 1 (the last blank line costs 1 character)

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 * e.g. {{kbd | key=<nowiki>\r\n</nowiki>}} costs 2 characters
-Step3:
+Step3: final formula
-number of characters (not contains the [[Return symbol | return symbol]]) = result of {{kbd | key=<nowiki>wc -m *.txt</nowiki>}} - result of {{kbd | key=<nowiki>wc -m *.txt</nowiki>}} * 2 - 1 (the last blank line costs 1 character)
+Number of characters (not contains the [[Return symbol | return symbol]]) = result of {{kbd | key=<nowiki>wc -m *.txt</nowiki>}} - result of {{kbd | key=<nowiki>wc -m *.txt</nowiki>}} * 2 - 1 (the last blank line costs 1 character)
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