1WC(1)                       General Commands Manual                      WC(1)
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NAME

6       wc - word count
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SYNOPSIS

9       wc [ -lwc ] [ name ... ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Wc  counts  lines,  words  and characters in the named files, or in the
13       standard input if no name appears.  A word is a maximal string of char‐
14       acters delimited by spaces, tabs or newlines.
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16       If  an argument beginning with one of ``lwc'' is present, the specified
17       counts (lines, words, or characters) are selected by the letters l,  w,
18       or c.  The default is -lwc.
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BUGS

214th Berkeley Distribution       April 29, 1985                           WC(1)