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wc(1)                            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.  A word is a nonempty sequence of non
       white space delimited by white space characters or by start or end of
       input.

       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

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

       --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: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <https://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 <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/wc>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) wc invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.5                 March 2024                             wc(1)

coreutils 9.5 - Generated Thu Apr 18 14:43:01 CDT 2024
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