In Linux we have the “wc” command which allows us to count the number of characters, words and lines in a file.
But do we have a similar cmdlet in PowerShell. The Measure-Object cmdlet I tried could only count the number of lines but not the characters and words.
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Answer
Get-Content [FILENAME] | Measure-Object -Character
It counts the number of characters in the file.
Get-Content [FILENAME] | Measure-Object -Word
It counts the number of words in the file.
Get-Content [FILENAME] | Measure-Object -Line
It counts the number of lines in the file.