Re: How to use unix command such as wc on a buffer

[Jambunathan K]

AngusC <anguscomber@gmail.com> writes:

> I can use a command such as wc on a file but in emacs I might have a buffer
> which is not saved to a file.  so how do I apply wc to the buffer.
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> I tried eg m-%
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> wc -w
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> But it just returns zero.
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> How do I apply it to the buffer?

M-x apropos-command RET count

C-x h M-| wc -w

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