Word Count [was: OpenOffice question]

[Ted Roche]

On 03/30/2010 08:34 AM, Susan Cragin wrote:
> I actually don't know if OO does a correct word count. On a 40,000
> word document, I get a difference between that and gedit. It's of some
> concern to me because I'm a writer. Does anyone know of any Linux
> application that does an accurate word count, so I can check?
>

I do wonder what 'correct' means, or if there is an agreed-upon standard.

The folks over at NaNoWriMo [1] suggest you try wc. I believe that wc
only works against text files.

[1] http://www.nanowrimo.org/nl/node/3442160

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