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wc ? print the number of bytes, words, and lines in files |
wc [OPTION]... [FILE]... |
Print line, 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, ??chars |
print the byte 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-textutils@gnu.org>. |
Copyright © 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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. |