User Commands                                               wc(1)

NAME
     wc - display a count of lines, words  and  characters  in  a
     file

SYNOPSIS
     wc [ -c | -m  | -C ]  [ -lw ]  [ file ... ]

DESCRIPTION
     The wc utility  reads  one  or  more  input  files  and,  by
     default,  writes the number of newline characters, words and
     bytes contained in each input file to the standard output.

     The utility also writes a total count for all  named  files,
     if more than one input file is specified.

     wc considers a word to be a non-zero-length string of  char-
     acters  delimited by white space (for example, SPACE, TAB ).
     See iswspace(3C) or isspace(3C).

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -c    Count bytes.

     -m    Count characters.

     -C    Same as -m.

     -l    Count lines.

     -w    Count words delimited by white space characters or new
           line  characters.  Delimiting  characters are Extended
           Unix Code (EUC) characters from any code  set  defined
           by iswspace().

     If no option is specified the default is -lwc (count  lines,
     words, and bytes.)

OPERANDS
     The following operand is supported:

     file  A path name of an input file. If no file operands  are
           specified, the standard input will be used.

USAGE
     See largefile(5) for the description of the behavior  of  wc
     when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2
    **31 bytes).

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
     See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment
     variables   that  affect  the  execution  of  wc:  LC_CTYPE,

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     LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS
     The following exit values are returned:

     0     Successful completion.

     >0    An error occurred.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | CSI                         | Enabled                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO
     cksum(1),    isspace(3C),    iswalpha(3C),     iswspace(3C),
     setlocale(3C), attributes(5), environ(5), largefile(5)

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