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WC(1)				 User Commands				 WC(1)

NAME
       wc - print the number of newlines, words, and bytes in files

SYNOPSIS
       wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       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.

       -c, --bytes
	      print the byte counts

       -m, --chars
	      print the character counts

       -l, --lines
	      print the newline counts

       -L, --max-line-length
	      print the length of the longest line

       -w, --words
	      print the word counts

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       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.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for wc is maintained as a	 Texinfo  manual.   If
       the  info and wc programs are properly installed at your site, the com‐
       mand

	      info wc

       should give you access to the complete manual.

wc 5.97				  August 2008				 WC(1)
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