wc1

Usage

Overview

Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified. A word is a nonempty sequence of non white space delimited by white space characters or by start or end of input.

With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

The options below may be used to select which counts are printed, always in the following order: newline, word, character, byte, maximum line length.

-c, --bytes

print the byte counts

-m, --chars

print the character counts

-l, --lines

print the newline counts

--debug

indicate what line count acceleration is used

--files0-from=F

read input from the files specified by NUL-terminated names in file F; If F is -, read names from standard input

-L, --max-line-length

print the maximum display width

-w, --words

print the word counts

--total=WHEN

when to print a line with total counts; WHEN can be: auto, always, only, never

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit