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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!krisk
  3. From: krisk@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Kris Klindworth)
  4. Subject: Re: counting spaces
  5. Message-ID: <C0I8zt.sz@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
  6. Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
  7. References: <1993Jan7.191409.25394@netnews.whoi.edu>
  8. Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:26:02 GMT
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  11. eklein@whsun1.wh.whoi.edu (Edgar Kleindinst) writes:
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  14. >How do you count the spaces in a text file using Unix commands? Sounds simple
  15. >dosen't it.
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  17. tr -cd ' ' <file |wc -c
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