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2 .TH WC "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
4 wc \- print newline, word, and byte counts for each file
7 [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
10 [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fI--files0-from=F\fR
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14 Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if
15 more than one FILE is specified. With no FILE, or when FILE is \-,
18 \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR
21 \fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-chars\fR
22 print the character counts
24 \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR
25 print the newline counts
27 \fB\-\-files0\-from\fR=\fIF\fR
28 read input from the files specified by
29 NUL\-terminated names in file F
31 \fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-max\-line\-length\fR
32 print the length of the longest line
34 \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-words\fR
38 display this help and exit
41 output version information and exit
43 Written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.
45 Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
47 Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
49 This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
50 the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
51 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
53 The full documentation for
55 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
59 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
63 should give you access to the complete manual.