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diff --git a/usr.bin/wc/wc.1 b/usr.bin/wc/wc.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..64c047b --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/wc/wc.1 @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)wc.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 +.\" +.Dd April 19, 1994 +.Dt WC 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm wc +.Nd word, line, and byte count +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm wc +.Op Fl clw +.Op Ar file ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm wc +utility displays the number of lines, words, and bytes contained in each +input +.Ar file +(or standard input, by default) to the standard output. +A line is defined as a string of characters delimited by a <newline> +character, +and a word is defined as a string of characters delimited by white space +characters. +White space characters are the set of characters for which the +.Xr isspace 3 +function returns true. +If more than one input file is specified, a line of cumulative counts +for all the files is displayed on a separate line after the output for +the last file. +.Pp +The following options are available: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl c +The number of bytes in each input file +is written to the standard output. +.It Fl l +The number of lines in each input file +is written to the standard output. +.It Fl w +The number of words in each input file +is written to the standard output. +.El +.Pp +When an option is specified, +.Nm wc +only reports the information requested by that option. +The default action is equivalent to specifying all of the flags. +.Pp +If no files are specified, the standard input is used and no +file name is displayed. +.Pp +The +.Nm wc +utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr isspace 3 +.Sh COMPATIBILITY +Historically, the +.Nm wc +utility was documented to define a word as a ``maximal string of +characters delimited by <space>, <tab> or <newline> characters''. +The implementation, however, didn't handle non-printing characters +correctly so that `` ^D^E '' counted as 6 spaces, while ``foo^D^Ebar'' +counted as 8 characters. +4BSD systems after 4.3BSD modified the implementation to be consistent +with the documentation. +This implementation defines a ``word'' in terms of the +.Xr isspace 3 +function, as required by +.St -p1003.2 . +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm wc +function conforms to +.St -p1003.2 . |