wc (Unix)
wc (short for word count) is a command in Unix, Plan 9, Inferno, and Unix-like operating systems. The program reads either standard input or a list of computer files 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.
The wc command | |
| Original author(s) | Joe Ossanna (AT&T Bell Laboratories) |
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| Developer(s) | Various open-source and commercial developers |
| Initial release | November 3, 1971 |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix, Unix-like, V, Plan 9, Inferno, MSX-DOS, IBM i |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Command |
| License | Plan 9, Inferno: MIT coreutils: GPL-3.0-or-later |
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