The wc commands stands for word count
<pre><code>nuclearegg69@zenbook-f13:~$ ls
a b c echo empty inNano3 inNano3.txt inNanoRenamed inNanoSymlink testRen testRen2
nuclearegg69@zenbook-f13:~$ nano a
nuclearegg69@zenbook-f13:~$ wc a
 5 5 58 a
</code></pre>When we pass a file as an argument to <code>wc</code> and run it, it gives us three numbers: the first is the line count, the second is the word count, the third is the bytes count. 
You can add options to wc to limit what you want
<pre><code>nuclearegg69@zenbook-f13:~$ wc -l a
5 a
nuclearegg69@zenbook-f13:~$ wc -w a
5 a
nuclearegg69@zenbook-f13:~$ wc -c a
58 a
nuclearegg69@zenbook-f13:~$ wc -m a
58 a
</code></pre><code>-l</code> option gives you the lines only
<code>-w</code> words only
<code>-c</code> bytes only
<code>-m</code> characters only

The wc commands stands for word count

```
nuclearegg69@zenbook-f13:~$ ls
a  b  c  echo  empty  inNano3  inNano3.txt  inNanoRenamed  inNanoSymlink  testRen  testRen2
nuclearegg69@zenbook-f13:~$ nano a
nuclearegg69@zenbook-f13:~$ wc a
 5  5 58 a
```

When we pass a file as an argument to `wc` and run it, it gives us three numbers: the first is the line count, the second is the word count, the third is the bytes count. 

You can add options to wc to limit what you want

```
nuclearegg69@zenbook-f13:~$ wc -l a
5 a
nuclearegg69@zenbook-f13:~$ wc -w a
5 a
nuclearegg69@zenbook-f13:~$ wc -c a
58 a
nuclearegg69@zenbook-f13:~$ wc -m a
58 a

```

`-l` option gives you the lines only
`-w` words only
`-c` bytes only
`-m` characters only

