NAME

     count - counts items in a file

SYNOPSIS

     count [ options ] file1 ... filen

DESCRIPTION

     Count reads all of the specified files and produces one line
     of output for each input file: the number of the characters,
     the number of 'words', and the number of lines in the speci-
     fied  files.  'Words'  is  an arbitrary term in reference to
     programs, because they tend to have a  lot  of  punctuation.
     For  text files a word is a sequence of characters separated
     by white space.

     If more than one file  is  given,  a  grand  total  is  also
     printed.   If no filenames are given, count reads from stan-
     dard input. Any combination of options works; the default is
     (-c -w -l -llen -t).

OPTIONS

     All options except tab= and - llen  can  be  abbreviated  to
     their  first  letter.   The  option -llen can be abbreviated
     with -ll.

     -chars     Counts characters.

     -words     Counts words.

     -lines     Counts lines.

     -llen      Counts maximum line length.

     tab=tab width
               Set the width of a tab to tab width  for  counting
               maximum line length.

     -stat      Use stat(2) system  call  to  get  the  character
               count of a file.  This is much faster.

     -total     Grand totals of several files.

NOTES

     none

BUGS

     none

AUTHOR

     Joerg Schilling
     Seestr. 110
     D-13353 Berlin
     Germany

     Mail bugs and suggestions to:

     joerg@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de or js@cs.tu-berlin.de