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Section (1) wc

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Name

wc — print newline, word, and byte counts for each file

Synopsis

wc [OPTION...] [FILE...]

wc [OPTION...] −−files0−from=F

DESCRIPTION

Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified. A word is a non−zero−length sequence of characters delimited by white space.

With no FILE, or when FILE is −, read standard input.

The options below may be used to select which counts are printed, always in the following order: newline, word, character, byte, maximum line length.

−c, −−bytes: print the byte counts
−m, −−chars: print the character counts
−l, −−lines: print the newline counts
−−files0−from=F/: read input from the files specified by NUL−terminated names in file F; If F is − then read names from standard input
−L, −−max−line−length: print the maximum display width
−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.

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