WC(1) User Commands WC(1)

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.  With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read
       standard  input.   A  word  is a non-zero-length sequence of characters
       delimited by white space.  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 length of the longest line

       -w, words
              print the word counts

       help display this help and exit

       version
              output version information and exit

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AUTHOR
       Written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or later .
       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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 com‐
       mand

              info coreutils 'wc invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.22               October 2018                            WC(1)