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texcount — Count words in TeX documents omitting macros. Note: If the TeX document uses `\include` or `\input`

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Problem

How to use the texcount command: Count words in TeX documents omitting macros. Note: If the TeX document uses \include or \input and you want to count the included files, texcount must be run in the directory of the root TeX file. More information: <https://app.uio.no/ifi/texcount/howto.html>.

Solution

texcount — Count words in TeX documents omitting macros. Note: If the TeX document uses \include or \input and you want to count the included files, texcount must be run in the directory of the root TeX file. More information: <https://app.uio.no/ifi/texcount/howto.html>.

Count words in a TeX file:

texcount {{path/to/file.tex}}

Count words in a document and subdocuments built with \input or \include:

texcount -merge {{file.tex}}

Count words in a document and subdocuments, listing each file separately (and a total count):

texcount -inc {{file.tex}}

Count words in a document and subdocuments, producing subcounts by chapter (instead of subsection):

texcount -merge -sub=chapter {{file.tex}}

Count words with verbose output:

texcount -v {{path/to/file.tex}}

Code Snippets

Count words in a TeX file

texcount {{path/to/file.tex}}

Count words in a document and subdocuments built with `\input` or `\include`

texcount -merge {{file.tex}}

Count words in a document and subdocuments, listing each file separately (and a total count)

texcount -inc {{file.tex}}

Count words in a document and subdocuments, producing subcounts by chapter (instead of subsection)

texcount -merge -sub=chapter {{file.tex}}

Count words with verbose output

texcount -v {{path/to/file.tex}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/texcount

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