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diff --git a/man/1/wc b/man/1/wc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9df4bca7 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/1/wc @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +.TH WC 1 +.SH NAME +wc \- count lines, words, and characters +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B wc +[ +.B -lwceb +] +[ +.I file ... +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Wc +writes to standard output a tally of lines, words, and characters found in each +.IR file , +assumed to be text in UTF format. +If no files are named, standard input is read. One line is output per file. If several files are specified, an additional line is written giving totals. +.PP +`Words' are maximal sequences of characters separated by blanks, tabs and newlines. +.PP +Counts are output in the same order as the listing of the option letters +.BR lwceb ; +select lines, words, UTF characters, erroneously-encoded characters, and bytes, respectively. +If no options are given, lines, words and characters are counted. +.SH SOURCE +.B /appl/cmd/wc.b +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR tr (1), +.IR utf (6) |