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NAME

6       wc - print newline, word, and byte counts for each file
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SYNOPSIS

9       wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...
10       wc [OPTION]... --files0-from=F
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DESCRIPTION

13       Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if
14       more than one FILE is specified.  With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read
15       standard input.
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17       -c, --bytes
18              print the byte counts
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20       -m, --chars
21              print the character counts
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23       -l, --lines
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26       --files0-from=F
27              read  input  from the files specified by NUL-terminated names in
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30       -L, --max-line-length
31              print the length of the longest line
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33       -w, --words
34              print the word counts
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36       --help display this help and exit
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38       --version
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AUTHOR

42       Written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.
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REPORTING BUGS

45       Report wc bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
46       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
47       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
48       Report wc translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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51       Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
52       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
53       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
54       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

57       The full documentation for wc is maintained as a  Texinfo  manual.   If
58       the  info and wc programs are properly installed at your site, the com‐
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61              info coreutils 'wc invocation'
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63       should give you access to the complete manual.
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67GNU coreutils 8.4                  June 2018                             WC(1)
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