texcount

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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.

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Examples (5)

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

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