Unix wc (word count) Command

This page demistrates Unix's wc Command and gives examples of the most commonly used options.

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-c option

         This option prints out the number of bytes inside of a file.

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-m option

         This option prints out the number of characters (chars) that are in the file.

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-l option

         This option prints the number of lines in the file.

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-L option

         Prints the length of the longest line.

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-w option

         Prints the number of words in the text file.

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