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