wc - Unix, Linux Command

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.

Tag	Description
-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.