ultrix man page for wc

wc(1)							      General Commands Manual							     wc(1)

Name
       wc - count words, lines, and characters

Syntax
       wc [-lwc] [name...]

Description
       The command 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 characters delimited by spaces, tabs or new lines.

       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.

Options
       -c Displays number of characters only.

       -l Displays number of lines only.

       -w Displays number of words only.

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