Typing characters that are not standard in English can be done quite easily in [Ubuntu] Linux without any modifications. In most situations, you can do this by using the Character Map utility included ...

Linux includes a number of ways for counting lines, words and characters in text and for making modifications that help count the words. Some are just a bit more complex than others.

$ echo hello | od -bc 0000000 150 145 154 154 157 012 h e l l o n 0000006 To avoid the extra character, just add a -n (remove newline) option to the command. $ echo -n hello | wc -c 5 If you tried ...