How to count characters in file in openSUSE Linux using terminal

Linux command line is very powerful tool even for string and character operations without installing any third-party applications.

To count number of characters in some file, containing text, you can use wc command with -m parameter using following scheme:

$ wc -m <file_name>

Examples:

$ wc -m nata-ubuntu-settings 
21 nata-ubuntu-settings

$ wc -m it-slang-v-rustine 
1019 it-slang-v-rustine

$ wc -m rongta-files-installation 
389 rongta-files-installation