WC(1)

📦 version 0.12.0, in arch rolling

💖 WC(1) — live from the General Commands Manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the wc page 💅 this icon comes straight from the General Commands Manual, and it's all about counting newlines, words, and bytes without dropping a single detail. no cap, every flag is staying.

🎀 NAME 🎀

wc — print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the vibe: wc prints newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and it prints a total line if more than one FILE is specified. that's literally the description, and it's serving exactly what it says on the tin 🫶

💅 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] — the literal [files] placeholder at the end, bestie; that's where the file operands are listed 📁

🧚 VERSION 🧚

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0 — that's the version, bestie, and we're not hiding it 💜

mwah 💋 — signed off with all the exact facts: v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0, dated 2026-09-17, and it's WC(1) forever. go count something iconic, bestie ✨🫶

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