Command wc
This command is part of the posix extensions and needs to be imported to be available to the shell.
See Posix Commands
Name
wc prints line, word, and character counts
Synopsis
wc [options] [file ...]
Description
Prints line, word and character counts from one or more files.
If no options are given then the default is -l -w -c.
If no files are given, or if "-" is given then counts are read from the standard input.
One line is printed with each of the selected counts followed by the filename (if not the standard input).
A total line is printed if > 1 file is selected.
Options
wc takes the following options.
| -l | Count lines |
| -w | Count words |
| -c | Count characters (not bytes) |
Return Value
Returns 0 if the command executed successfully, 1 if there was an error.Commands
CategoryCommands
CommandsPosix
