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.

     -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/>
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     <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
     Report        wc         translation         bugs         to
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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2010 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License
     GPLv3+:      GNU      GPL     version     3     or     later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     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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