man/cat1/wc.1.txt
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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 (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying condi- tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL- ITY 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 wc should give you access to the complete manual. wc 5.3.0 November 2004 WC(1) |