Editing Wc (Unix) (section)

==History==
{{code|wc}} is part of the [[X/Open]] Portability Guide since issue 2 of 1987. It was inherited into the first version of [[POSIX|POSIX.1]] and the [[Single Unix Specification]].<ref>{{man|cu|wc|SUS}}</ref> It appeared in [[Ancient UNIX|Version 1 Unix]].<ref>{{man|1|wc|FreeBSD}}</ref>

[[GNU]] <code>wc</code> used to be part of the GNU [[textutils]] package; it is now part of GNU [[coreutils]]. The version of <code>wc</code> bundled in GNU coreutils was written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://linux.die.net/man/1/wc |title = wc(1) - Linux man page}}</ref>

A <code>wc</code> command is also part of [[ASCII Corporation|ASCII]]'s ''MSX-DOS2 Tools'' for [[MSX-DOS]] version 2.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/MSXDOS2TOOLS MSX-DOS2 Tools User's Manual by ASCII Corporation]</ref>

The command is available as a separate package for [[Microsoft Windows]] as part of the [[GnuWin32]] project<ref>[http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm CoreUtils for Windows]</ref> and the [[UnxUtils]] collection of [[Native (computing)|native]] [[Windows API|Win32]] [[porting|ports]] of common GNU Unix-like utilities.<ref>[http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ Native Win32 ports of some GNU utilities]</ref>

The {{Mono|wc}} command has also been ported to the [[IBM i]] operating system.<ref>{{cite web |title=IBM System i Version 7.2 Programming Qshell |language=en |author=IBM |website=[[IBM]] |author-link=IBM |url=https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/rzahz/rzahzpdf.pdf?view=kc |access-date=2020-09-05 }}</ref>