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From: ascott@gara.une.oz.au (Tony Scott STPG)
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Subject: word count on latex document
Keywords: word count wc latex
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Date: 29 Jan 91 21:41:56 GMT
Organization: University of New England, Armidale, Australia
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 Hi there,
	I need to count the number of words in a document that is
built up of latex commands. Is there something available that will
count words without taking into account words beginning with a
backslash of those within a group such as
\begin{picture}...\end{picture} etc.

Thanks for your help.
Tony Scott