all i want to do is count the lines in each file

Skaperen · May-21-2021, 05:46 PM

i think λ is his terminal prompt character, it would mean "type then next command in".

Pedroski55 · May-21-2021, 10:06 PM

Thanks, I should have thought of that!

One more question (not really): Why is it called "toilet"?? Big Grin

ibreeden · May-22-2021, 08:56 AM

The "wc" command means "Word Count". It is not the same as "toilet" Smile

. Originally "wc" counted the words in a file. But soon also the number of bytes and the number of lines were counted as well.

Skaperen · May-23-2021, 11:24 PM

(May-21-2021, 10:06 PM)Pedroski55 Wrote: One more question (not really): Why is it called "toilet"??

maybe you can ask that guy on YouTube. that could be a fun video.

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