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.TH WC 1 "April 29, 1985"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
wc \- word count
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B wc
[
.B \-lwc
] 
[ name ... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.I Wc
counts lines, words and characters 
in the named files, or in the standard input if no name appears.
A word is a maximal string of characters delimited by spaces, tabs or newlines.
.PP
If an argument beginning with one of ``lwc'' is present,
the specified counts (lines, words, or characters)
are selected by the letters
.BR l ,
.BR w ,
or
.BR c .
The default is
.BR \-lwc .
.SH BUGS

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