Linux wc Command

What is Linux wc Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use wc command in Linux. wc command is wc - print newline, word, and byte counts for each file.

wc Syntax#

wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...
wc [OPTION]... --files0-from=F

wc Examples#

wc Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of wc command. wc command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for wc command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man wc

To open info page for wc command we can use command below.

info wc

To open help page from wc command we can run command below.

wc --help

Linux wc Command Source Code#

You can find wc command source code from the folowing repositories:

• wc source code on GitHub
• wc source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• wc source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use wc in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.