wc


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 (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License licence GPL. 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 command info wc should give you access to the complete manual.

wc 5.97 January 2007 WC(1)