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wc(1)                  DragonFly General Commands Manual                 wc(1)

NAME
       wc - count bytes, runes, words, and lines

SYNOPSIS
       wc [-v] [-lwrbc] [--] [file ... ]

       wc counts bytes, runes, words, and lines in its input files and writes
       the result to the standard output.

OPTIONS
       -v     The -v option instructs wc to print its version number and exit.

       -l     The -l option instructs wc to print the number of lines.

       -w     The -w option instructs wc to print the number of words.

       -r     The -r option instructs wc to print the number of runes (good
              and bad UTF sequences).

       -b     The -b option instructs wc to print the number of bad UTF
              sequences.

       -c     The -c option instructs wc to print the number of characters.

       --     The -- (double dash) option indicates the end of options.

DESCRIPTION
       wc reads each file in turn and counts the number of lines, words,
       runes, bad UTF sequences, and bytes.  If no files are specified or a
       file is - (dash), wc reads from the standard input.

       For each file, the requested counts are printed on a single line in the
       order: lines, words, runes, bad UTF sequences, and bytes.  If the file
       is not the standard input, its name is also printed.

       If more than one file is specified, a line giving the total counts is
       printed.

       If none of the -lwrbc options are specified, wc behaves as if -lwc had
       been specified.

EXAMPLES
       Count the number of lines in /etc/passwd:

            wc -l /etc/passwd

SEE ALSO
       utf(4)

BUGS
       None known.

SOURCES
       http://pobox.com/~Alan.Watson/software.html

AUTHOR
       Alan Watson (Alan.Watson@pobox.com).

                               1.6.0 of 97/02/25                         wc(1)