wc

Prints line, word and byte counts.

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Verified: 2025-09-09

Syntax

$wc [OPTIONEN] [DATEI...]

Examples

$wc datei.txt

$wc -l datei.txt

Typical use cases

Standard usage

wc --help

Note Useful for file statistics.

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