While there is nothing wrong with wc as is, a suggestion after some use.
With wc -l it emits the line count and the program name(s) as "nnn program-name".
With the additional switch option, it would be convenient to drop the program name.
It would be equivalent to `wc -l programname | cut -d' '`
It would be equivalent to `wc -c|m|L|w programname | cut -d'' `
In other words, just present the count without the program name.
Suggest -n or --nonames (for drop the program name)
wc -l -n prognames
or
wc -l --nonames prognames
Regards
Leslie
Mr. Leslie Satenstein
Montréal Québec, Canada