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wc(1)			     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 or-
     der: 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)

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