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wc - print the number of newlines, words, and bytes in files
wc
[OPTION]... [FILE]...
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
Written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.
Report bugs
to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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.
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 wc
should give you access to the complete manual.
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