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rust-wc(1)

Display newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

NAME

wc - Display newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

SYNOPSIS

wc [-c|--bytes] [-m|--chars] [--files0-from] [-l|--lines] [-L|--max-line-length] [--total] [-w|--words] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [files]

DESCRIPTION

Display newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

OPTIONS

-c, --bytes

print the byte counts

-m, --chars

print the character counts

--files0-from=F

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

-l, --lines

print the newline counts

-L, --max-line-length

print the length of the longest line

--total=WHEN

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

-w, --words

print the word counts

-h, --help

Print help

-V, --version

Print version

[files]

VERSION

v0.0.30

History

--total since Debian 13 (Trixie); -V since Debian 13 (Trixie); -h since Debian 13 (Trixie).