.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.33.
.TH WC "1" "March 2004" "wc (coreutils) 5.2.1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
wc \- print the number of newlines, words, and bytes in files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B wc
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Add any additional description here
.PP
Print newline, 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.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR
print the byte counts
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-chars\fR
print the character counts
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR
print the newline counts
.TP
\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-max\-line\-length\fR
print the length of the longest line
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-words\fR
print the word counts
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to .
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B wc
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B wc
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils wc
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.






www.fiveanddime.net







Google
Web www.fiveanddime.net