wc(1)                                                       wc(1)



     NAME
          wc - word count

     SYNOPSIS
          wc [-c] [-l] [-w] [name...]

     DESCRIPTION
          wc counts lines, words and characters in the named files, or
          in the standard input if no names appear.  It also keeps a
          total count for all named files.  A word is a maximal string
          of characters delimited by spaces, tabs, or newlines.

          The flag options l, w, and c may be used in any combination
          to specify that a subset of lines, words, and characters are
          to be reported.  The default is -lwc.

          When names are specified on the command line, they will be
          printed along with the counts.

     EXAMPLES
               wc filea fileb filec

          reports the number of lines, words, and characters in each
          of the files, as well as the totals.

     FILES
          /bin/wc

     SEE ALSO
          sum(1), sumdir(1).

























     April, 1990                                                     1