misc0110 / clipcount

A command-line tool to be used as a global keyboard shortcut for showing the number of words in the currently-selected text

ClipCount

This command-line tool is designed to be used with a global keyboard shortcut. When executing the tool, it shows the characters, words, and lines of the currently-selected text as a popup.

Requirements

• xsel or xclip to get the currently-selected text (both are supported)
• zenity or kdialog to display the popup. One of them should be installed by default on every system with GNOME or KDE.