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WC (1)
NAME
wc - Word, line, and byte count.
SYNOPSIS
wc [ clw ] [ file ]
DESCRIPTION
The wc utility reads one or more input text files, and, by de-
fault, writes the number of lines, words, and bytes contained in
each input file to the standard output. If more than one input
file is specified, a line of cumulative count(s) for all named
files is output on a separate line following the last file count.
Wc considers a word to be a maximal string of characters delimit-
ed by white space.
The following options are available:
c - The number of bytes in each input file is written to the
standard output.
l - The number of lines in each input file is written to the
standard output.
w - The number of words in each input file is written to the
standard output.
When an option is specified, wc only reports the information
requested by that option. The default action is equivalent to all
the flags having been specified.
The following operands are available:
file - A pathname of an input file.
If no file names are specified, the standard input is used and
a file name is not output. The resulting output is one line of
the requested count(s) with the cumulative sum of all files read
in via standard input.
By default, the standard output contains a line for each input
file of the form: lines words bytes file_name
The counts for lines, words and bytes are integers separated by
spaces. The ordering of the display of the number of lines,
words, and/or bytes is the order in which the options were speci-
fied.
The wc utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
STANDARDS
The wc function conforms to