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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.

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