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Which Linux command is used to count the total number of lines, words, and characters contained in a file?

7. Which Linux command is used to count the total number of lines, words, and characters contained in a file?

1. count
2. wcount
3. wc
4. countw

Answer: C) wc

Explanation:

The "wc" command is used to count the number of lines, words, characters, and bytes of each given file or standard input and print the result.