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.TH LOC 1 "loc"
.SH NAME
loc - count number of lines of code
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B loc
.RI [ file "] ..."
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B loc
counts the number of lines of code for each specified
.BR file .
.B loc
will treat each file as a C source code or C header file. If
.I file
is
.BR - ,
the standard input is read.
.PP
If no
.I file
is specified, the standard input is read, and the number
of lines of code is output on the format
.nf

	\fB"%zu\n"\fP, <\fI#lines of code\fP>
.fi
.PP
If exactly one
.I file
is specified, its number of lines of code is output on the format
.nf

	\fB"%zu\n"\fP, <\fI#lines of code\fP>
.fi
.PP
If more than one
.I file
is specified, each successfully line counted file will have
its of lines of code output on the format
.nf

	\fB"%s:%*s%zu\n"\fP, <\fIfile\fP>, <\fIsome positive integer\fP>, \fB""\fP, <\fI#lines of code\fP>
.fi