# wc

word, line, and byte or character count

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## POSIX Compliance

### Options

- [x]   `-c`
    Write to the standard output the number of bytes in each input file.
- [x]   `-l`
    Write to the standard output the number of <newline>s in each input file.
- [x]   `-m`
    Write to the standard output the number of characters in each input file.
- [x]   `-w` (have some issues with binary files)
    Write to the standard output the number of words in each input file.

    When any option is specified, wc shall report only the information requested by the specified options.

### Operands

- `file`
    A pathname of an input file.
    If no file operands are specified, the standard input shall be used.

### Exit Status

- `0`
    Successful completion.
- `>0`
    An error occurred.