wc(1)

print the number of newlines, words, and bytes in files

Package: coreutil, added for amigaux.

This package comes with the extra set; without it, wc is the original one: see wc-original(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>.