bsd 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 an argument beginning with one of ``lwc'' is present, the specified counts (lines, words, or characters) are selected by the letters	l,
       w, or c.  The default is -lwc.

BUGS
4th Berkeley Distribution					  April 29, 1985							     WC(1)