Linux: wc command
This Linux tutorial explains how to use the Linux wc command with syntax and arguments.
NAME
wc - print newline, word, and byte counts for each fileSYNOPSIS
wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...wc [OPTION]... --files0-from=F
DESCRIPTION
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. A word is a non-zero-length sequence of characters delimited by white space. The options below may be used to select which counts are printed, always in the following order: newline, word, character, byte, maximum line length.
- -c, --bytes
- print the byte counts
- -m, --chars
- print the character counts
- -l, --lines
- print the newline counts
- --files0-from=F
- read input from the files specified by NUL-terminated names in file F; If F is - then read names from standard input
- -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
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