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.  A word is a non-zero-length  sequence
   of characters delimited by white space.

   With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

   The  options  below  may  be  used  to select which counts are printed,
   always in the following order: newline, word, character, byte,  maximum
   line length.

   -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 standard input

   -L, --max-line-length
          print the maximum display width

   -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

   GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
   Report wc translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright  2016 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 redistribute it.
   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

   Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/wc>
   or available locally via: info '(coreutils) wc invocation'

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