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Ghettoblaster at 13:46, 27 December 2023

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	\| genre = [[Command (computing)\|Command]]		\| genre = [[Command (computing)\|Command]]
	\| license = Plan 9: [[MIT License]]		\| license = Plan 9, Inferno: [[MIT License\|MIT]]<br />[[coreutils]]: [[GPL-3.0-or-later]]
	\| website =		\| website =
	}}		}}

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	==History==		==History==
	{{code\|wc}} is part of the [[X/Open]] Portability Guide since issue 2 of 1987. It was inherited into the first version of [[POSIX\|POSIX.1]] and the Single Unix Specification.<ref>{{man\|cu\|wc\|SUS}}</ref> It appeared in [[Ancient UNIX\|Version 1 Unix]].<ref>{{man\|1\|wc\|FreeBSD}}</ref>		{{code\|wc}} is part of the [[X/Open]] Portability Guide since issue 2 of 1987. It was inherited into the first version of [[POSIX\|POSIX.1]] and the [[Single Unix Specification]].<ref>{{man\|cu\|wc\|SUS}}</ref> It appeared in [[Ancient UNIX\|Version 1 Unix]].<ref>{{man\|1\|wc\|FreeBSD}}</ref>

	[[GNU]] <code>wc</code> used to be part of the GNU [[textutils]] package; it is now part of GNU [[coreutils]]. The version of <code>wc</code> bundled in GNU coreutils was written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://linux.die.net/man/1/wc \|title = wc(1) - Linux man page}}</ref>		[[GNU]] <code>wc</code> used to be part of the GNU [[textutils]] package; it is now part of GNU [[coreutils]]. The version of <code>wc</code> bundled in GNU coreutils was written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://linux.die.net/man/1/wc \|title = wc(1) - Linux man page}}</ref>

Squam Lizard: /* History */ link to POSIX

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	==History==		==History==
	{{code\|wc}} is part of the [[X/Open]] Portability Guide since issue 2 of 1987. It was inherited into the first version of POSIX.1 and the Single Unix Specification.<ref>{{man\|cu\|wc\|SUS}}</ref> It appeared in [[Ancient UNIX\|Version 1 Unix]].<ref>{{man\|1\|wc\|FreeBSD}}</ref>		{{code\|wc}} is part of the [[X/Open]] Portability Guide since issue 2 of 1987. It was inherited into the first version of [[POSIX\|POSIX.1]] and the Single Unix Specification.<ref>{{man\|cu\|wc\|SUS}}</ref> It appeared in [[Ancient UNIX\|Version 1 Unix]].<ref>{{man\|1\|wc\|FreeBSD}}</ref>

	[[GNU]] <code>wc</code> used to be part of the GNU [[textutils]] package; it is now part of GNU [[coreutils]]. The version of <code>wc</code> bundled in GNU coreutils was written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://linux.die.net/man/1/wc \|title = wc(1) - Linux man page}}</ref>		[[GNU]] <code>wc</code> used to be part of the GNU [[textutils]] package; it is now part of GNU [[coreutils]]. The version of <code>wc</code> bundled in GNU coreutils was written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://linux.die.net/man/1/wc \|title = wc(1) - Linux man page}}</ref>

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	The command is available as a separate package for [[Microsoft Windows]] as part of the [[GnuWin32]] project<ref>[http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm CoreUtils for Windows]</ref> and the [[UnxUtils]] collection of [[Native (computing)\|native]] [[Windows API\|Win32]] [[porting\|ports]] of common GNU Unix-like utilities.<ref>[http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ Native Win32 ports of some GNU utilities]</ref>		The command is available as a separate package for [[Microsoft Windows]] as part of the [[GnuWin32]] project<ref>[http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm CoreUtils for Windows]</ref> and the [[UnxUtils]] collection of [[Native (computing)\|native]] [[Windows API\|Win32]] [[porting\|ports]] of common GNU Unix-like utilities.<ref>[http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ Native Win32 ports of some GNU utilities]</ref>

	The {{Mono\|wc}} command has also been ported to the [[IBM i]] operating system.<ref>{{cite web \|title=IBM System i Version 7.2 Programming Qshell \|language=en \|author=IBM \|author-link=IBM \|url=https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/rzahz/rzahzpdf.pdf?view=kc \|access-date=2020-09-05 ~~\|url-status=live~~}}</ref>		The {{Mono\|wc}} command has also been ported to the [[IBM i]] operating system.<ref>{{cite web \|title=IBM System i Version 7.2 Programming Qshell \|language=en \|author=IBM \|website=[[IBM]] \|author-link=IBM \|url=https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/rzahz/rzahzpdf.pdf?view=kc \|access-date=2020-09-05 }}</ref>

	==Usage==		==Usage==

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MOS:Layout

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	{{Short description\|Unix command utility}}		{{Short description\|Unix command utility}}
		⚫	{{lowercase}}
	{{Infobox software		{{Infobox software
	\| name = wc		\| name = wc

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	{{Infobox software		{{Infobox software
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	'''wc''' (short for '''w'''ord '''c'''ount) is a command in [[Unix]], [[Plan 9 from Bell Labs\|Plan 9]], [[Inferno (operating system)\|Inferno]], and [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s. The program reads either [[standard input]] or a list of [[computer file]]s and generates one or more of the following statistics: [[newline]] count, [[word count]], and [[byte]] count. If a list of files is provided, both individual file and total statistics follow.		'''{{code\|wc}}''' (short for '''w'''ord '''c'''ount) is a command in [[Unix]], [[Plan 9 from Bell Labs\|Plan 9]], [[Inferno (operating system)\|Inferno]], and [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s. The program reads either [[standard input]] or a list of [[computer file]]s and generates one or more of the following statistics: [[newline]] count, [[word count]], and [[byte]] count. If a list of files is provided, both individual file and total statistics follow.

	==Example==		==Example==

Ghettoblaster at 07:30, 2 July 2022

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	\| latest release version =		\| latest release version =
	\| latest release date =		\| latest release date =
			\| programming language = [[C (programming language)\|C]]
	\| operating system = [[Unix]], [[Unix-like]], [[V (operating system)\|V]], [[Plan 9 from Bell Labs\|Plan 9]], [[Inferno (operating system)\|Inferno]], [[MSX-DOS]], [[IBM i]]		\| operating system = [[Unix]], [[Unix-like]], [[V (operating system)\|V]], [[Plan 9 from Bell Labs\|Plan 9]], [[Inferno (operating system)\|Inferno]], [[MSX-DOS]], [[IBM i]]
	\| platform = [[Cross-platform]]		\| platform = [[Cross-platform]]
	\| genre = [[Command (computing)\|Command]]		\| genre = [[Command (computing)\|Command]]
	\| license =		\| license = Plan 9: [[MIT License]]
	\| website =		\| website =
	}}		}}

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External links

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	{{Unix commands}}		{{Unix commands}}
			{{Plan 9 commands}}
	{{Core Utilities commands}}		{{Core Utilities commands}}

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	<syntaxhighlight lang=console>		<syntaxhighlight lang=console>
	$ grep -r "example" \|wc		$ grep -r "example" \|wc
	1071 23337 101349		1071 23337 101349
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

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	Newer versions of <code>wc</code> can differentiate between [[byte]] and [[character (computing)\|character]] count. This difference arises with [[Unicode]] which includes multi-byte characters. The desired behaviour is selected with the <code>-c</code> or <code>-m</code> options.		Newer versions of <code>wc</code> can differentiate between [[byte]] and [[character (computing)\|character]] count. This difference arises with [[Unicode]] which includes multi-byte characters. The desired behaviour is selected with the <code>-c</code> or <code>-m</code> options.

			Through a [[Pipeline (Unix)\|pipeline]], it can also be used to preview the output size of a command with a potentially large output, without it printing the text into the console:
			<syntaxhighlight lang=console>
			$ grep -r "example" \|wc
			1071 23337 101349
			</syntaxhighlight>

	==History==		==History==