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About wc
Short for word count, wc displays a count of lines, words, and characters in a
file.
Syntax
wc [-c | -m | -C ] [-l] [-w] [ file ... ]
| -c |
Count bytes. |
| -m |
Count characters. |
| -C |
Same as -m. |
| -l |
Count lines. |
| -w |
Count words delimited by white space characters or new line characters. Delimiting characters are Extended Unix Code (EUC) characters from any code set defined by iswspace() |
| file |
Name of file to word count. |
Examples
wc myfile.txt - Displays information about the file
myfile.txt. Below is an example of the output.
5 13 57
myfile.txt
5 = Lines
13 = Words
57 = Characters
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