diff --git a/man/man8/tc.8 b/man/man8/tc.8
index 3dc30ee4..840880fb 100644
--- a/man/man8/tc.8
+++ b/man/man8/tc.8
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ tc \- show / manipulate traffic control settings
 \fB[ \fB-n\fR[\fIetns\fR] name \fB] \fR|
 \fB[ \fB-nm \fR| \fB-nam\fR[\fIes\fR] \fB] \fR|
 \fB[ \fR{ \fB-cf \fR| \fB-c\fR[\fIonf\fR] \fR} \fB[ filename ] \fB] \fR
-\fB[ -t\fR[imestamp\fR] \fB\] \fR| \fB[ -t\fR[short\fR] \fB]\fR }
+\fB[ -t\fR[imestamp\fR] \fB\] \fR| \fB[ -t\fR[short\fR] \fR| \fB[
+-o\fR[neline\fR] \fB]\fR }
 
 .ti 8
 .IR FORMAT " := {"
@@ -648,6 +649,18 @@ First failure will cause termination of tc.
 don't terminate tc on errors in batch mode.
 If there were any errors during execution of the commands, the application return code will be non zero.
 
+.TP
+.BR "\-o" , " \-oneline"
+output each record on a single line, replacing line feeds
+with the
+.B '\e'
+character. This is convenient when you want to count records
+with
+.BR wc (1)
+or to
+.BR grep (1)
+the output.
+
 .TP
 .BR "\-n" , " \-net" , " \-netns " <NETNS>
 switches
diff --git a/tc/tc.c b/tc/tc.c
index a31f075d..68475c15 100644
--- a/tc/tc.c
+++ b/tc/tc.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ int force;
 bool use_names;
 int json;
 int color;
+int oneline;
+const char *_SL_;
 
 static char *conf_file;
 
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ static void usage(void)
 		"where  OBJECT := { qdisc | class | filter | action | monitor | exec }\n"
 		"       OPTIONS := { -s[tatistics] | -d[etails] | -r[aw] | -b[atch] [filename] | -n[etns] name |\n"
 		"                    -nm | -nam[es] | { -cf | -conf } path } |\n"
-		"                    -j[son] -p[retty] -c[olor]\n");
+		"                    -o[neline] -j[son] -p[retty] -c[olor]\n");
 }
 
 static int do_cmd(int argc, char **argv, void *buf, size_t buflen)
@@ -487,6 +489,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			++timestamp_short;
 		} else if (matches(argv[1], "-json") == 0) {
 			++json;
+		} else if (matches(argv[1], "-oneline") == 0) {
+			++oneline;
 		} else {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Option \"%s\" is unknown, try \"tc -help\".\n", argv[1]);
 			return -1;
@@ -494,6 +498,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		argc--;	argv++;
 	}
 
+	_SL_ = oneline ? "\\" : "\n";
+
 	if (color & !json)
 		enable_color();