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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)wc.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: wc.1,v 1.4 1997/02/22 19:57:44 peter Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 19, 1994
.Dt WC 1
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm wc
.Op Fl clw
-.Op Ar file ...
+.Op Ar
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
-.Nm wc
+.Nm
utility displays the number of lines, words, and bytes contained in each
input
.Ar file
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ is written to the standard output.
.El
.Pp
When an option is specified,
-.Nm wc
+.Nm
only reports the information requested by that option.
The default action is equivalent to specifying all of the flags.
.Pp
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ If no files are specified, the standard input is used and no
file name is displayed.
.Pp
The
-.Nm wc
+.Nm
utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr isspace 3
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
Historically, the
-.Nm wc
+.Nm
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
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function, as required by
.St -p1003.2 .
.Sh STANDARDS
The
-.Nm wc
+.Nm
function conforms to
.St -p1003.2 .
.Sh HISTORY
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