Wc documentation

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+wc
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+`wc` is a command used to find out the number of lines, word count, byte or character counts in the files specified.
+
+~~~ bash
+$ wc [options] filenames
+~~~
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+
+### Basic Usage
+
+~~~ bash
+$ wc filename.txt
+12 16 112 filename.txt
+~~~
+
+Here, the file called filename.txt has **12** lines, **16** words, and has a byte count of **112**.
+
+### Useful Options
+
+~~~ bash
+wc -l : Prints the number of lines in a file.
+wc -w : prints the number of words in a file.
+wc -c : Displays the count of bytes in a file.
+wc -m : prints the count of characters from a file.
+wc -L : prints only the length of the longest line in a file.
+~~~
+
+### Examples
+
+**Number of Lines**
+
+~~~ bash
+$ wc -l filename.txt
+12 filename.txt
+~~~
+
+---
+**Number of Words**
+
+~~~ bash
+$ wc -w filename.txt
+16 filename.txt
+~~~
+
+---
+**Length of Longest Line**
+
+~~~ bash
+$ wc -L filename.txt
+16 filename.txt
+~~~
+
+---
+
+### For More Help
+For more information and help on the **wc** command, run `wc --help` or `man wc` from the command line.
+
+### References
+
+* [TecMint: 6 WC Command Examples to Count Number of Lines, Words, Characters in Linux](https://www.tecmint.com/wc-command-examples/)
+* [GeeksforGeeks: wc command in Linux with examples](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/wc-command-linux-examples/)
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