echo Enter a text read text w=\`echo $text | wc -w\` w=\`expr $w\` c=\`echo $text | wc -c\` c=\`expr $c - 1\` s=0 alpha=0 j=\` \` n=1 while [ $n -le $c ] do ch=\`echo $text | cut -c $n\` if test $ch = $j then s=\`expr $s + 1\` fi case $ch in a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z) alpha=\`expr $alpha + 1\`;; esac n=\`expr $n + 1\` done special=\`expr $c - $s - $alpha\` echo Words=$w echo Characters=$c echo Spaces=$s echo Special symbols=$special