[OS X TeX] Word count function?

[Ettore Aldrovandi]

On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 12:56:42AM +0100, Maarten Sneep wrote:
> On 18 jan 2005, at 0:50, Ettore Aldrovandi wrote:
> 
> >	detex file.tex|wc -w
 
> And be sure to read
>     http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=wordcount
> to understand why the result might be way off.

Didn't claim it is precise. Indeed I just tried on a short tex
file, and noticed  some words are left behind by the commands.
For example: detex seem to convert \bibliographystyle{yourstyle} into
yourstyle generating an extra word. Also, formulas seem to be left
behind as well. I guess if you have lots of them, then the count
may be way off, as you say. If it is mostly text, maybe the
inaccuracy wouldn't be so serious. 

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