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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.
If an argument beginning with one of ``lwc'' is present,
the specified counts (lines, words, or characters)
are selected by the letters