SysIII/usr/src/man/man1/wc.1

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.TH WC 1
.SH NAME
wc \- word count
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B wc
[
.B \-lwc
] [ names ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Wc\^
counts lines, words and characters in the named files,
or in the standard input if no
.I names\^
appear.
It also keeps a total count for all named files.
A word is a maximal string of characters
delimited by spaces, tabs, or new-lines.
.PP
The options
.BR l ,
.BR w ,
and
.B c
may be used in any combination to specify that a subset of
lines, words, and characters are to be reported.
The default is
.BR \-lwc .
.PP
When
.I names\^
are specified on the command line,
they will be printed along with the counts.