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.TH WC "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
wc \- print newline, word, and byte counts for each file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B wc
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
.br
.B wc
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fI--files0-from=F\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Print newline, 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.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR
print the byte counts
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-chars\fR
print the character counts
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR
print the newline counts
.TP
\fB\-\-files0\-from\fR=\fIF\fR
read input from the files specified by
NUL\-terminated names in file F
.TP
\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-max\-line\-length\fR
print the length of the longest line
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-words\fR
print the word counts
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B wc
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B wc
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info wc
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.