Linux wc命令详解

wc命令用于统计文本文件的字节数、字数、行数。

命令格式:
wc [OPTION]… [FILE]…
wc [OPTION]… –files0-from=F

选项:
-c:统计字节数
-m:统计字符数
-l:统计行数
-w:统计单词数

DESCRIPTION
       Print  newline,  word,  and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified.  A
       word is a non-zero-length sequence of characters delimited by white space.

       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

       The options below may be used to select which counts are printed, always  in  the  following  order:  newline,
       word, character, byte, maximum line length.

       -c, --bytes
              print the byte counts

       -m, --chars
              print the character counts

       -l, --lines
              print the newline counts

       --files0-from=F
              read  input  from the files specified by NUL-terminated names in file F; If F is - then read names from
              standard input

       -L, --max-line-length
              print the maximum display width

       -w, --words
              print the word counts

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit
例1,查看文件行数
study@DESKTOP:/var/log$ wc dpkg.log
  576  3446 41244 dpkg.log