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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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34              print the word counts
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36       --help display this help and exit
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38       --version
39              output version information and exit
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AUTHOR

42       Written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.
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REPORTING BUGS

45       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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48       Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
49       This is free software.  You may redistribute copies  of  it  under  the
50       terms       of       the      GNU      General      Public      License
51       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  There is NO WARRANTY,  to  the
52       extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

55       The  full  documentation  for wc is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
56       the info and wc programs are properly installed at your site, the  com‐
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65GNU coreutils 6.9                 March 2008                             WC(1)
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