1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/wc.c b/coreutils/wc.c
index 94f1ee610..15c7692af 100644
--- a/coreutils/wc.c
+++ b/coreutils/wc.c
@@ -143,11 +143,15 @@ int wc_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 return EXIT_SUCCESS;
         } else {
                 while (optind < argc) {
-                        file = wfopen(argv[optind], "r");
-                        if (file != NULL)
+                        if (print_type == print_chars) {
+                                struct stat statbuf;
+                                stat(argv[optind], &statbuf);
+                                print_counts(0, 0, statbuf.st_size, 0, argv[optind]);
+                                total_chars += statbuf.st_size;
+                        } else {
+                                file = xfopen(argv[optind], "r");
                                 wc_file(file, argv[optind]);
-                        else
-                                status = EXIT_FAILURE;
+                        }
                         num_files_counted++;
                         optind++;
                 }