.TH WC 1 2022-03-06 "OMKOV coreutils" "General Commands Manual"
.SH NAME
wc \(em word, line, and byte or character count
.SH SYNOPSYS
\fBwc\fR [-clmw] [file...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Write the number of words, lines, and bytes or characters to standard output.
.SH OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
.TP
.B -c
Print the number of bytes in the file.
.TP
.B -l
Print the number of newlines in the file.
.TP
.B -m
Print the number of characters in the file.
.TP
.B -w
Print the number of words in the file.
.TP
.B --help
Display help information.
.TP
.B --version
Display version information.
.SH EXIT STATUS
The following exit values will be returned:
.TP
\ 0
Successful completion.
.TP
>0
An error occurred.
.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2021, Jakob Wakeling
MIT Licence (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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