> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/vim/display-word-count-stats.md).

# Display Word Count Stats

You can display counts for the current file including line count, word count, and byte count by hitting `g CTRL-g`. This also displays the line, word, and byte that your cursor is currently at. The output looks something like the following:

```
Col 1 of 0; Line 108 of 337; Word 397 of 1451; Byte 4571 of 18077
```

See `:h 12.5` for more details.


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