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.TH WC 1 "2026-09-01"
.SH NAME
wc \- Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified.
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBwc\fR [OPTION]... [FILE]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR
print the byte counts
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-chars\fR
print the character counts
.TP
\fB\-\-files0\-from\fR \fI<F>\fR
read input from the files specified by
NUL\-terminated names in file F;
If F is \- then read names from standard input
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR
print the newline counts
.TP
\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-max\-line\-length\fR
print the length of the longest line
.TP
\fB\-\-total\fR \fI<WHEN>\fR
when to print a line with total counts;
WHEN can be: auto, always, only, never
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-words\fR
print the word counts
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print help
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print version
.TP
[\fIfiles\fR]

.SH VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0