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NAME
       wc - print newline, word, and byte counts for each file

SYNOPSIS
       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

AUTHOR
       Written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report wc bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: 
       General help using GNU software: 
       Report wc translation bugs to 

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright   ©   2011   Free   Software	Foundation,   Inc.    License	GPLv3+:   GNU	GPL    version	  3    or    later
       .
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       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 coreutils 'wc invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb				  September 2011						     WC(1)