1.\" Copyright (c) 1991 Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)wc.1 6.3 (Berkeley) 04/23/91 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt WC 1 10.Os 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm wc 13.Nd word, line, and byte count 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Nm wc 16.Op Fl clw 17.Op Ar file ... 18.Sh DESCRIPTION 19The 20.Nm wc 21utility reads one or more input text files, and, by 22default, writes the number of lines, words, and bytes 23contained in each input file to the standard output. 24If more than one input file is specified, 25a line of cumulative count(s) for all named files is output on a 26separate line 27following the last file count. 28.Nm Wc 29considers a word to be a maximal string of 30characters delimited by white space. 31.Pp 32The following options are available: 33.Bl -tag -width Ds 34.It Fl c 35The number of bytes in each input file 36is written to the standard output. 37.It Fl l 38The number of lines in each input file 39is written to the standard output. 40.It Fl w 41The number of words in each input file 42is written to the standard output. 43.El 44.Pp 45When an option is specified, 46.Nm wc 47only 48reports the 49information requested by that option. The 50default action is equivalent to all the 51flags 52.Fl clw 53having been specified. 54.Pp 55The following operands are available: 56.Bl -tag -width Ds 57.It Ar file 58A pathname of an input file. 59.El 60.Pp 61If no file names 62are specified, the standard input is used and 63a file name is not output. The resulting output is one 64line of the requested count(s) with the cumulative sum 65of all files read in via standard input. 66.Pp 67By default, the standard output contains a line for each 68input file of the form: 69.Bd -literal -offset indent 70lines words bytes file_name 71.Ed 72.Pp 73The counts for lines, words and bytes are integers separated 74by spaces. 75The ordering of the display of the number of lines, words, 76and/or bytes is the order in which the options were specified. 77.Pp 78The 79.Nm wc 80utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. 81.Sh STANDARDS 82The 83.Nm wc 84function conforms to 85.St -p1003.2 . 86