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43 lines
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# The `wc` command
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the `wc` command stands for word count. It's used to count the number of lines, words, and bytes *(characters)* in a file or standard input then prints the result to the standard output.
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### Examples:
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1. To count the number of lines, words and characters in a file in order:
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```
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wc file.txt
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2. To count the number of directories in a directory:
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```
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ls -F | grep / | wc -l
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### Syntax:
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```bash
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wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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```
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### Additional Flags and their Functionalities:
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|**Short Flag** |**Long Flag** |**Description** |
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|:---|:---|:---|
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|`-c` | `--bytes` | print the byte counts|
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|`-m` | `--chars` | print the character counts|
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|`-l` | `--lines` | print the newline counts|
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|<center>-</center> | `--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|
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|`-L` | `--max-line-length` | print the maximum display width|
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|`-w` | `--words` | print the word counts|
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### Additional Notes:
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* Passing more than one file to `wc` command prints the counts for each file and the total conuts of them.
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* you can combine more whan one flag to print the result as you want.
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