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- NAME
- wc - word count
-
- SYNTAX
- wc [-lwc] [ name ... ]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- Wc counts lines, words and characters in the named files, or in the
- standard input if no name appears. A word is a string of characters
- delimited by spaces, tabs or newlines. The counts are output for each
- file, and a total count is output if there is more than one file.
-
- If an option argument is present, the specified counts (lines, words, or
- characters) are selected by the letters l, w, or c. The default is -lwc.