uu-wc(1)

uu-wc1

Print newline, word, and byte counts for each file, and a total line if more than one file is specified.

Usage

wc [OPTION] ... [FILE] ...

Overview

Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified.

Options

-c, --bytes

print the byte counts

-m, --chars

print the character 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, --lines

print the newline counts

-L, --max-line-length

print the length of the longest line

--total <WHEN>

when to print a line with total counts; WHEN can be: auto, always, only, never

-w, --words

print the word counts

-h, --help

Print help

-V, --version

Print version

[files]

Version

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

From uutils-coreutils 0.12.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.