wcΒΆ

Name

wc –  print the number of bytes, words, and lines in files

Synopsis

wc [option...] [command] [file...]

Description

Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified.

-c, --bytes print the byte counts
-l, --lines print the newline counts
-w, --words print the word counts