11/3/71 WC (I) NAME wc -- get (English) word count SYNOPSIS wc name1 ... DESCRIPTION wc provides a count of the words, text lines, and roff control lines for each argument file. A text line is a sequence of characters not beginning with "." and ended by a new--line. A roff control line is a line beginning with ".". A word is a sequence of characters bounded by the beginning of a line, by the end of a line, or by a blank or a tab. FILES SEE ALSO roff DIAGNOSTICS none; arguments not found are ignored. BUGS OWNER jfo