wc(1) General Commands Manual wc(1) NAME wc - Display 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. SYNOPSIS wc [-c|--bytes] [-m|--chars] [--files0-from] [-l|--lines] [-L|--max-line-length] [--total] [-w|--words] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [files] DESCRIPTION Display 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. OPTIONS -c, --bytes print the byte counts -m, --chars print the character 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, --lines print the newline counts -L, --max-line-length print the length of the longest line --total=WHEN when to print a line with total counts; WHEN can be: auto, always, only, never -w, --words print the word counts -h, --help Print help -V, --version Print version [files] VERSION v0.0.27 wc 0.0.27 wc(1)