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NAME

       freq - print histogram of character frequencies

SYNOPSIS

       freq [ -dxocr ] [ file ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

       Freq  reads  the  given  files  (default  standard  input)  and  prints
       histograms of the character frequencies.  By default, freq counts  each
       byte  as  a  character;  under  the  -r  option  it  instead counts UTF
       sequences, that is, runes.

       Each non-zero entry of the table is printed preceded by the byte value,
       in  decimal,  octal, hex, and Unicode character (if printable).  If any
       options are given, the -d, -x, -o, -c flags specify a subset  of  value
       formats: decimal, hex, octal, and character, respectively.

SOURCE

       /src/cmd/freq.c

SEE ALSO

       utf(7), wc(1)

                                                                       FREQ(1)