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    Counts bytes.

     -C    Same as -m.

     -l    Counts lines.

     -m    Counts characters.

     -w    Counts 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  (counts
     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: LANG, LC_ALL,
     LC_CTYPE, 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                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Standard                    |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO

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