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.

     -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 stan-
	  dard 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

AUTHOR
     Written by	Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report wc bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU	     coreutils		   home		    page:
     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General	    help	using	     GNU	software:
     <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.	  License
     GPLv3+:	  GNU	   GPL	   version     3     or	    later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.



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User Commands						    WC(1)



     This is free software: you	are free to change and	redistri-
     bute  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 command

	  info coreutils wc invocation

     should give you access to the complete manual.











































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