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Bash script to count words and characters of multiple documents *.[txt|doc]

#bash #cli #linux

Demo linux doc words counter

a simple tool for people that need to count characters and words of multiple documents from command line interface.

Supports: *.txt and *.doc filetype

Prerequisites

  • a linux distro
  • sudo privileges
  • unzip package
  • catdoc package

Installation 

sudo mv linux_doc_words_counter /usr/local/bin
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/linux_doc_words_counter
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Usage 

linux_doc_words_counter /path/to/archive.zip
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