Wordcount in PDF/.TeX file?

frying_pan_cat · 5 Feb 2010 at 12:49

I have a PDF and the corresponding .tex file which it is typeset from and I need to count the number of words in it. Is there a tool which will do this for me or will I have to copy and paste the whole pdf into word and do it that way?
I did do a quick google which didn't come up with much

Thanks

Phil99 · 5 Feb 2010 at 12:56

http://folk.uio.no/einarro/Services/texcount.html

Very useful site.

First result for "latex word count" by the way

York · 5 Feb 2010 at 13:50

I always used to use "detex report.tex | wc - w" or "pdftotext report.pdf | wc -w" although they only work if you have access to Linux

. The website Phil99 posted looks good as well.

frying_pan_cat · 5 Feb 2010 at 17:31

Phil99 said:
http://folk.uio.no/einarro/Services/texcount.html

Very useful site.

First result for "latex word count" by the way

No idea how I missed that. I blame lack of sleep

. Thanks for the link