How to count words in a file?

You can count the number of words in a file using the wc (word count) command in the terminal. Here’s how to do it:

1. Navigate to the directory containing the file. For example:

   cd ~/project
   

2. Use the wc command with the -w option to count the words in the file. For example, to count the words in spellbook.txt, you would run:

   wc -w spellbook.txt
   

This command will output the number of words in the specified file.