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March 2005
wc (coreutils) 5.2.1
User Commands
  • NAME
      wc - print the number of newlines, words, and bytes in files
  • SYNOPSIS
      wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...
  • DESCRIPTION


      Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified.  With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
      -c, --bytes
      print the byte counts
      -m, --chars
      print the character counts
      -l, --lines
      print the newline counts
      -L, --max-line-length
      print the length of the longest line
      -w, --words
      print the word counts
      --help
      display this help and exit
      --version
      output version information and exit
  • AUTHOR
      Written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.
  • REPORTING BUGS
      Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
  • COPYRIGHT
      Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
      This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  • SEE ALSO
      The full documentation for wc is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and wc programs are properly installed at your site, the command info coreutils wc

      should give you access to the complete manual.
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