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If you're on OS X: copy the text to the clipboard and run pbpaste | wc

If you're on Linux: Select text and run xclip -o | wc

or "wc" <enter> <ctrl-v> <ctrl-d>

Or switch to new Vim buffer, then pg<C-g>

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