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NAME
wc - display a count of lines, words and characters
SYNOPSIS
wc [ -lwc ] [ filename ... ]
DESCRIPTION
wc counts lines, words, and characters in filenames, or in
the standard input if no filename appears. It also keeps a
total count for all named files. A word is a string of
characters delimited by SPACE, TAB, or NEWLINE characters.
OPTIONS
When filenames are specified on the command line, their
names will be printed along with the counts.
The default is -lwc (count lines, words, and characters).
l Count lines.
w Count words.
c Count characters.
EXAMPLE
example%
wc /usr/share/man/man1/{csh.1,sh.1,telnet.1}
1876 11223 65895 /usr/share/man/man1/csh.1
674 3310 20338 /usr/share/man/man1/sh.1
260 1110 6834 /usr/share/man/man1/telnet.1
2810 15643 93067 total
example%
ENVIRONMENT
The environment variables LC_CTYPE, LANG, and LC_default
control the character classification throughout wc. On
entry to wc, these environment variables are checked in the
following order: LC_CTYPE, LANG, and LC_default. When a
valid value is found, remaining environment variables for
character classification are ignored. For example, a new
setting for LANG does not override the current valid charac-
ter classification rul