The WC command for Linux

The WC command in Linux is used to count the number of bytes, words, and lines of the specified file and print the statistics.

Syntax: WC [option] [filename]

Multiple files can be connected.

-L: View the number of rows in a file

Wc-l 1.txt 2.txt: Lists the number of rows for two files separately, and calculates the sum of the rows.

-C: Count bytes (bytes).
-W: With a space, the newline character is a split symbol to see a few words in the file.
-M: View the file with a few characters, spaces and line break.

-L: Prints out the longest line length.

The WC command for Linux