WC

WC

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION AUTHOR REPORTING BUGS COPYRIGHT SEE ALSO

NAME

wc - print the number of bytes, words, and lines in files

SYNOPSIS

wc [''OPTION''?... [''FILE''?...

DESCRIPTION

Print line, 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, --chars

print the byte counts

-l, --lines

print the newline counts

-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 bugs to

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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 wc

should give you access to the complete manual.