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wc(1) |
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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
© 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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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