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Subject: Count characters in emacs?
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Anyone know if it's possible to count the number of characters in a
file with emacs? I'm trying to rely less on Word, but that's one
feature I can't seem to find in emacs. Alternately, a shell command
would be nice.

TIA--Big Slim