Come on, what version of Linux you got there, I got wc here! GA! I can't remember the option you would use but man would and usually the -h or force an error will make the utility spit out it's basic instructions. I have an old cli version, Slackware9 in fact and use wc all the time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John J. Boyer" <director@xxxxxxxx> To: <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:30 PM Subject: Counting Words in an Article What program can I use to count the words in an article that I have written? Unix has wc, but there's no such program on Linux. Thanks, John -- John J. Boyer; Executive Director, Chief Software Developer Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list