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What does wc do?

count lines, words and bytes.

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wc examples, explained

$ wc -l file.txt

  • wccount lines, words and bytes
  • -lcount lines
  • file.txtan argument passed to the command

$ wc -w -c file.txt

  • wccount lines, words and bytes
  • -wcount words
  • -ccount bytes
  • file.txtan argument passed to the command

wc flags & options

-lcount lines
-wcount words
-ccount bytes
-mcount characters

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