This Alfred workflow Counts the characters of text that you type or paste in.
Don't know what Alfred is? Check it out here.
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Just download the .alfredworkflow file linked below and open it with Alfred.
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To use it, just type charcount
and type or paste anything you want. It will tell you how many characters it is. If you press Enter, it will copy the text you typed/pasted to your clipboard.