wc [(+|-)Roff] [(+|-)Verbose] [indeX=file] file file...
wc myfile wc +r myfile wc filea fileb -v wc index=fileoffiles
For each file given, WC counts the number of words, characters, and lines. A word is defined to be a string of alphanumerics, ignoring any backspaces, underlines, apostrophes, dashes, or pluses. In calculating the character count, WC counts all characters.
If more than one file is counted, WC displays the total number of characters, words, and lines in all files unless you specify -Verbose.
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