count¶

Count lines, words, and characters.

Synopsis¶

tofu count [files...] [flags]

Count lines, words, characters, and bytes in files. Similar to wc but with clearer flags.

Flag	Short	Description	Default
`--lines`	`-l`	Print the line count	`false`
`--words`	`-w`	Print the word count	`false`
`--chars`	`-c`	Print the character count	`false`
`--bytes`	`-b`	Print the byte count	`false`
`--max-line`	`-L`	Print the length of the longest line	`false`
`--total-only`	`-t`	Print only the total (for multiple files)	`false`
`--no-filename`	`-n`	Never print filenames	`false`

Count lines, words, and characters (default):

tofu count file.txt

Count only lines:

tofu count -l file.txt

Count words:

tofu count -w file.txt

Count bytes:

tofu count -b file.txt

Find longest line:

tofu count -L file.txt

Count from stdin:

cat file.txt | tofu count

Count multiple files:

tofu count file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt

Show only total for multiple files:

tofu count -t *.txt

Default output (lines, words, chars):

     42     256    1542 file.txt

Multiple files:

     42     256    1542 file1.txt
     18     102     612 file2.txt
     60     358    2154 total