=====Command wc=====

This command is part of the [[CommandsPosix posix]] extensions and needs to be imported to be available to the shell.
See [[CommandsPosix 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.
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[[Commands]]
[[CategoryCommands]]
[[CommandsPosix]]