.TH WC 1 .SH NAMEwc \- word count.SH SYNOPSIS.B wc[.B \-lwc][ name ... ].SH DESCRIPTION.I Wccounts lines, words and characters in the named files,or in the standard input if no name appears.A word is a maximal string of charactersdelimited by spaces, tabs or newlines..PPIf the optional argument is present,just the specified counts (lines, words or characters)are selected by the letters.BR l ,.BR w ,or.BR c .