WCNT 1/11/79 WCNT NAME wcnt - (character) word count SYNOPSIS wcnt [file] ... DESCRIPTION Wcnt counts (character) words in the named files, or in the standard input if no name appears. A word is a string of characters delimited by spaces, tabs, or newlines. Wcnt could also be implemented as a shell script file: tr ' @t@n' '@n' | tr '!@n' | ccnt FILES SEE ALSO lcnt; ccnt; the Unix command 'wc' DIAGNOSTICS A message is printed if an input file could not be opened; further processing is terminated. AUTHORS Original from Kernighan and Plauger's 'Software Tools', with modifications by Debbie Scherrer. BUGS -1-