wc.py(1)¶

Name¶

wc.py - Print newline, word and byte counts for each file

SYNOPSIS¶

wc.py [OPTIONS...] [FILES...]

DESCRIPTION¶

Print newline, word and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one file is specified. A word is a non-zero-length sequence of characters delimited by whitespace.

With no FILE or when FILE is “-”, read standard input.

The options below may be used to select which counts are printed, always in the following order: newline, word, character, byte, maximum line length.

-c, --bytes
    print the byte counts

-m, --chars
    print the character counts

-l, --lines
    print the newline counts

-L, --max-line-length
    print the maximum display width

-w, --words
    print the word counts

-h, --help display this help and exit

--version
      output version information and exit

EXAMPLES¶

OVERVIEW¶

This is a work-in-progress, we aim to become feature-compatible with wc as released by the Free Software Foundation.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶

No environment variables affect the behavior of this software

EXIT STATUS¶

We aim to take advantage of exit status, but currently do not. The exit status will be 0 unless an error occurs in which case it will be non-zero.

COPYRIGHT¶

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

BUGS¶

Bugs can be reported in our issue tracker. This is also the correct place for feature requests.

NOTES¶

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