WC(1) General Commands Manual WC(1) (NAME) wc - FILE FILE (SYNOPSIS) wc [OPTION]... [FILE]... (DESCRIPTION) FILE FILE . (OPTIONS) -c, --bytes -m, --chars --files0-from NUL F F - -l, --lines -L, --max-line-length --total WHEN : auto always only never -w, --words -h, --help -V, --version [files] (VERSION) v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0 2026-09-01 WC(1)