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NAME
       wc - print the number of newlines, words, and bytes in files

SYNOPSIS
       wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...

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.

       -c, --bytes
	      print the byte counts

       -m, --chars
	      print the character counts

       -l, --lines
	      print the newline counts

       -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 bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is	 free software; see the source for copying conditions.	There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

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 com-
       mand

	      info coreutils wc

       should give you access to the complete manual.



wc (coreutils) 5.2.1		 August 2006				WC(1)

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