NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       wc - print the number of bytes, words, and lines in files

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       Print  line,  word,  and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if
       more than one FILE is specified.  With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read
       standard input.

       -c, --bytes, --chars
	      print the byte counts

       -l, --lines
	      print the newline counts

       -L, --max-line-length
	      print the length of the longest line

       -w, --words
	      print the word counts

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT    [Toc]    [Back]

       Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A  PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  full  documentation  for wc is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and wc programs are properly installed at your site, the  command


	      info wc

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU textutils 2.0		   July 2001				 WC(1)