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2 .TH WC "1" "October 2003" "wc (coreutils) 5.0" FSF
4 wc \- print the number of bytes, words, and lines in files
7 [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
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11 Print byte, word, and newline counts for each FILE, and a total line if
12 more than one FILE is specified. With no FILE, or when FILE is -,
15 \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR
18 \fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-chars\fR
19 print the character counts
21 \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR
22 print the newline counts
24 \fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-max\-line\-length\fR
25 print the length of the longest line
27 \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-words\fR
31 display this help and exit
34 output version information and exit
36 Written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.
38 Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
40 Copyright \(co 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
42 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
43 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
45 The full documentation for
47 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
51 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
55 should give you access to the complete manual.