v7 man page for wc

WC(1)							      General Commands Manual							     WC(1)

NAME
       wc - word count

SYNOPSIS
       wc [ -lwc ] [ name ... ]

DESCRIPTION
       Wc counts lines, words and characters in the named files, or in the standard input if no name appears.  A word is a maximal string of char-
       acters delimited by spaces, tabs or newlines.

       If the optional argument is present, just the specified counts (lines, words or characters) are selected by the letters l, w, or c.

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