wc command

[dayananda.ms]

Hi All,

Whenever i execute wc command i will get file name along with that.
I want to suppress that, how will do that without using any other command.

ex:
#wc file.c
10 100 12 file.c

[GNU-Fan]

You can't! But what exactly is the problem with using other commands, like piping the output of cat to wc? After all, it's the combination of small tools that make UNIX mighty.

[ghostdog74]

You can't! But what exactly is the problem with using other commands, like piping the output of cat to wc? After all, it's the combination of small tools that make UNIX mighty.

yes you can

# wc < file

piping the output of cat to wc ? sounds like UUOC. Small combinations of tools can be useful, however too much makes your code ugly and hard to debug.

[GNU-Fan]

Oh, "UUOC", nice.
I stand corrected