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- Program Name: wc
-
- Purpose: This is a Unix-compatible program to count the characters,
- words, and lines in one or more files.
-
- Author: Alan Ballard
- 3452 West 11th Avenue,
- Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V6R 2J9
-
- Date: 8 June, 1990.
-
- Use: The program is run in OS/2 command mode. It may be run in
- a VIO window.
-
- Usage: wc <options> <file>...
-
- Zero or more filenames may be specified. Names may include
- wildcards. If no name is specified, stdin is read.
- If more than one file is selected, the totals are printed also.
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- Options: Options may be flagged with "-" or "/".
-
- -w output wordcount
- -l output linecount
- -c output character count
- If no options are specified, all three are printed.
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