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- WC USER COMMANDS WC
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- NAME
- wc - word count
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- SYNOPSIS
- wc [ -lwc ] [ filename ... ]
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- DESCRIPTION
- wc counts lines, words, and characters in filenames, or in
- the standard input if no filename appears. It also keeps a
- total count for all named files. A word is a string of
- characters delimited by spaces, tabs, or newlines.
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- OPTIONS
- -l Count lines.
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- -w Count words.
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- -c Count characters.
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- The default is -lwc (count lines, words, and characters).
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- When files are specified on the command line, their names
- will be printed along with the counts.
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- EXAMPLE
- ami% wc *.doc
- 25 92 711 detab.doc
- 29 103 772 entab.doc
- 41 157 959 head.doc
- 31 114 745 tail.doc
- 17 72 472 tee.doc
- 27 120 771 trunc.doc
- 43 146 1017 wc.doc
- 213 804 5447 total
- ami%
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- BUGS
- The word count may be incorrect for files produced by some
- word processors.
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