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title: Bash wc
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## Bash command: wc
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`wc` is used to display newline, byte, word counts of a file.
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### Usage
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```
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wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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```
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Here are some helpful options for its use :
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- `-c` to print the bytes counts.
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- `-w` to print the word counts.
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- `-m` to print the character counts.
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### More Information
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* run `man wc` to get a list of all options for this command
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* [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wc_(Unix))
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