wc (count characters, words, and lines)

Displays the number of characters, words, and lines in a file.

 Format:    wc filelist Examples:  wc file1 file2 

Opt	What It Does	Examples
-c	Show byte count only	wc -c report.txt
-l	Show lines only	wc -l report.txt
-L	Show length of longest line	wc -L report3
-m	Show character count only	wc -m letter
-w	Show word count only	wc -w myfile