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  the optional argument is present, just the specified counts (lines,
17       words or characters) are selected by the letters l, w, or c.
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