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NAME
       wc - print the number of newlines, words, and bytes in files

SYNOPSIS
       wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified.
       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

       -c, --bytes
              print the byte counts

       -m, --chars
              print the character counts

       -l, --lines
              print the newline counts

       -L, --max-line-length
              print the length of the longest line

       -w, --words
              print the word counts

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms  of  the  GNU  General  Public
       License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The  full documentation for wc is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and wc programs are prop-
       erly installed at your site, the command

              info wc

       should give you access to the complete manual.

wc 5.97                            June 2008                             WC(1)