.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. .\" .\" @(#)wc.1 6.1 (Berkeley) %G% .\" .TH WC 1 "" .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