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Manpage of WC
WC
Section: FSF (1)
Updated: April 2001
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NAME
wc - print the number of bytes, words, and lines 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-textutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2001 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 wc
should give you access to the complete manual.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- AUTHOR
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- COPYRIGHT
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- SEE ALSO
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