wc - wc

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  Arguments:  OPTIONS 

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NAME

wc − wc

SYNOPSIS

wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified.

Arguments:

[files]...

OPTIONS

−c, −−bytes

print the byte counts

−m, −−chars

print the character counts

−−files0−from <F>

read input from the files specified by NUL−terminated names in file F; If F is − then read names from standard input

−l, −−lines

print the newline counts

−L, −−max−line−length

print the length of the longest line

−−total <WHEN>

when to print a line with total counts; WHEN can be: auto, always, only, never

−w, −−words

print the word counts

−h, −−help

Print help

−V, −−version

Print version

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