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.TH WC 1 "April 29, 1985"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
wc \- word count
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B wc
[
.B \-lwc
] 
[ name ... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.I Wc
counts lines, words and characters 
in the named files, or in the standard input if no name appears.
A word is a maximal string of characters delimited by spaces, tabs or newlines.
.PP
If an argument beginning with one of ``lwc'' is present,
the specified counts (lines, words, or characters)
are selected by the letters
.BR l ,
.BR w ,
or
.BR c .
The default is
.BR \-lwc .
.SH BUGS
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dbc65dd4 KM	8	.UC 4
	9	.SH NAME
	10	wc \- word count
	11	.SH SYNOPSIS
	12	.B wc
	13	[
19dc48f5 KM	14	.B \-lwc
	15	]
	16	[ name ... ]
dbc65dd4	17	.SH DESCRIPTION
19dc48f5	18	.PP
dbc65dd4	19	.I Wc
19dc48f5 KM	20	counts lines, words and characters
	21	in the named files, or in the standard input if no name appears.
	22	A word is a maximal string of characters delimited by spaces, tabs or newlines.
dbc65dd4	23	.PP
19dc48f5 KM	24	If an argument beginning with one of ``lwc'' is present,
19dc48f5 KM	25	the specified counts (lines, words, or characters)
dbc65dd4 KM	26	are selected by the letters
	27	.BR l ,
	28	.BR w ,
dbc65dd4	29	or
19dc48f5	30	.BR c .
dbc65dd4	31	The default is
19dc48f5	32	.BR \-lwc .
dbc65dd4	33	.SH BUGS