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fc-list: Return the number of installed fonts in your system.
$ fc-list | wc -l
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The command "fc-list" is used to list all available fonts on a Linux system. The "|" symbol is a pipe command which takes the output of the preceding command and feeds it as input to the following command.

The "wc" command stands for word count and has various options. In this case, the "-l" option is used to count the number of lines in the input.

So, "fc-list | wc -l" will list all available fonts and then count the number of lines in the output, giving you the total number of fonts available on your system.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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