wc: line/word/character count of ASCII files

wcR Documentation

line/word/character count of ASCII files

Description

'wc()' is defunct and will be removed from hyperSpec in future. Consider using [count_lines()] instead for line counting.

Usage

wc()

Author(s)

C. Beleites

See Also

[count_lines()]


hyperSpec documentation built on Nov. 5, 2025, 6:32 p.m.