wc(1) - phpMan

WC(1)                            User Commands                           WC(1)
NAME
       wc - print newline, word, and byte counts for each file
SYNOPSIS
       wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...
       wc [OPTION]... --files0-from=F
DESCRIPTION
       Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if
       more than one FILE is specified.  A word is a non-zero-length  sequence
       of characters delimited by white space.
       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
       The  options  below  may  be  used  to select which counts are printed,
       always in the following order: newline, word, character, byte,  maximum
       line length.
       -c, --bytes
              print the byte counts
       -m, --chars
              print the character counts
       -l, --lines
              print the newline counts
       --files0-from=F
              read  input  from the files specified by NUL-terminated names in
              file F; If F is - then read names from standard input
       -L, --max-line-length
              print the maximum display width
       -w, --words
              print the word counts
       --help display this help and exit
       --version
              output version information and exit
AUTHOR
       Written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>;
       Report wc translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>;
COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>;.
       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
       Full documentation at: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/wc>;
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) wc invocation'
GNU coreutils 8.30                 July 2018                             WC(1)