diff --git a/src/bin/wc.c b/src/bin/wc.c
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-// ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
-//
-//  Copyright (c) 2001-2003, OpenBeOS
-//
-//  This software is part of the OpenBeOS distribution and is covered 
-//  by the OpenBeOS license.
-//
-//
-//  File:        wc.c
-//  Author:      Daniel Reinhold (danielre@users.sf.net)
-//  Description: standard Unix wc (word count) command
-//
-// ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
-
-#include <OS.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <ctype.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-
-
-int  do_wc   (char *);
-void wc_file (FILE *, char *);
-void display (int, int, int, char *);
-
-
-// a few globals to brighten your day
-
-static int TotalLines = 0;
-static int TotalWords = 0;
-static int TotalBytes = 0;
-
-static bool ShowLines = true;
-static bool ShowWords = true;
-static bool ShowBytes = true;
-
-
-
-int
-main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-	if (argc == 1)
-		wc_file(stdin, "");
-	
-	else {
-		int   i;
-		int   file_count = 0;
-		bool  reset_opts = false;
-		char *arg;
-		char  c;
-		
-		// pass 1: collect and set the options
-		for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
-			arg = argv[i];
-			if (arg[0] == '-') {
-				if (!reset_opts) {
-					ShowLines = ShowWords = ShowBytes = false;
-					reset_opts = true;
-				}
-				while ((c = *++arg) != '\0') {
-					if      (c == 'l') ShowLines = true;
-					else if (c == 'w') ShowWords = true;
-					else if (c == 'c') ShowBytes = true;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		
-		// pass 2: process filename args
-		for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
-			arg = argv[i];
-			if (arg[0] != '-')
-				file_count += do_wc(arg);
-		}
-		
-		if (file_count > 1)
-			display(TotalLines, TotalWords, TotalBytes, "total");
-	}
-	
-	return 0;
-	}
-
-
-int
-do_wc(char *fname)
-{
-	struct stat e;
-	
-	if (stat(fname, &e) == -1) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "'%s': no such file or directory\n", fname);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	if (S_ISDIR(e.st_mode)) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "'%s' is a directory\n", fname);
-		display(0, 0, 0, fname);
-		return 1;
-	} else {
-		FILE *fp = fopen(fname, "rb");
-		if (fp) {
-			wc_file(fp, fname);
-			fclose(fp);
-			return 1;
-		} else {
-			fprintf(stderr, "'%s': %s\n", fname, strerror(errno));
-			return 0;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-
-void
-wc_file(FILE *fp, char *fname)
-{
-	int lc = 0;  // line count
-	int wc = 0;  // word count
-	int bc = 0;  // byte count
-	
-	int ns = 0;  // non-spaces (consecutive count)
-	int c;
-	
-	while ((c = fgetc(fp)) != EOF) {
-		++bc;
-		if (c == '\n')
-			++lc;
-		
-		if (isspace(c)) {
-			if (ns > 0)
-				++wc, ns = 0;
-		}
-		else
-			++ns;
-	}
-	
-	if (ns > 0)
-		++wc;
-	
-	TotalLines += lc;
-	TotalWords += wc;
-	TotalBytes += bc;
-	
-	display(lc, wc, bc, fname);
-}
-
-
-void
-display (int lc, int wc, int bc, char *fname)
-{
-	if (ShowLines) printf("%7d", lc);
-	if (ShowWords) printf("%8d", wc);
-	if (ShowBytes) printf("%8d", bc);
-	if (*fname)    printf(" %s", fname);
-	
-	putchar('\n');
-}
-