How does the wc -c in linux work

0 votes

Why the number of characters is 4?

echo abc|wc -c


Output

4


The output should be 3 because the number of characters is 3.

Apr 14, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
• 9,680 points
1,395 views

No answer to this question. Be the first to respond.

Your answer

Your name to display (optional):
Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications.
0 votes

The working of it is based on counting the newline, so please try:-

[~]> echo -n abc|wc -c 3

Also, note that -n tells the echo not to print a newline.

answered Apr 20, 2022 by Soham
• 9,710 points

edited Mar 5

Related Questions In Linux Administration

0 votes
1 answer

How to change the default shell in Linux?

1. Change the password file directly for ...READ MORE

answered May 24, 2019 in Linux Administration by Upasana
• 8,620 points
1,114 views
0 votes
1 answer

How to find the group associated with a user in linux?

To list all the groups groups or to list ...READ MORE

answered Jun 21, 2019 in Linux Administration by DareDev
• 6,890 points
1,054 views
0 votes
1 answer
0 votes
1 answer

How to check permissions of a folder in the Linux system?

Hi@akhtar, You can use ls command to check ...READ MORE

answered Aug 13, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
• 95,460 points
10,143 views
0 votes
1 answer

How to give the read power of a folder in Linux system?

Hi@akhtar, You can use chmod command in your ...READ MORE

answered Aug 13, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
• 95,460 points
1,411 views
0 votes
1 answer

How to change the owner of any folder in Linux system?

Hi@akhtar, Linux system has one command named chown. This ...READ MORE

answered Aug 14, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
• 95,460 points
1,499 views
0 votes
1 answer
+1 vote
2 answers

Execute Pig Script from Grunt Shell

From your current directory run  pig -x local Then ...READ MORE

answered Oct 25, 2018 in Big Data Hadoop by Kunal
6,465 views
0 votes
1 answer

How to stop messages from being displayed on spark console?

In your log4j.properties file you need to ...READ MORE

answered Apr 24, 2018 in Apache Spark by kurt_cobain
• 9,350 points
5,730 views
0 votes
1 answer

How to get Spark dataset metadata?

There are a bunch of functions that ...READ MORE

answered Apr 26, 2018 in Apache Spark by kurt_cobain
• 9,350 points
5,054 views
webinar REGISTER FOR FREE WEBINAR X
REGISTER NOW
webinar_success Thank you for registering Join Edureka Meetup community for 100+ Free Webinars each month JOIN MEETUP GROUP