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Man Page: wc

Operating Environment: v7

Section: 1

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. WC(1)
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