texcount
Count words in TeX documents omitting macros. tldr-pages
On several platforms
Several platforms
Count words in TeX documents omitting macros. Note: If the TeX document uses \include or \input and you want to count the included files, texcount must be run in the directory of the root TeX file.
Count words in a TeX file
texcount path/to/file.texIdentifyCount words in a document and subdocuments built with \input or \include
texcount -merge file.texIdentifyCount words in a document and subdocuments, listing each file separately (and a total count)
texcount -inc file.texIdentifyCount words in a document and subdocuments, producing subcounts by chapter (instead of subsection)
texcount -merge -sub=chapter file.texIdentifyCount words with verbose output
texcount -v path/to/file.texIdentify