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| author | Assaf Gordon <assafgordon@gmail.com> | 2015-05-13 02:46:29 +0100 |
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| committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2015-05-13 02:54:19 +0100 |
| commit | 79111d1553ff6603199b9e8e5f27269d55b095fb (patch) | |
| tree | 539ae7e25bec66577029831fdcd8a85e379dc2a2 /doc/coreutils.texi | |
| parent | b28ff6a3c6ad25d877b63013af245de5d6c70b10 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-79111d1553ff6603199b9e8e5f27269d55b095fb.tar.xz | |
doc: clarify the operation of wc -L
* src/wc.c (usage): State that it calculates display width.
* doc/coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Detail the distinct
items used to determine the display width.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/coreutils.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 51d96b466..6a69b75ca 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -3593,7 +3593,10 @@ Print only the newline counts. @itemx --max-line-length @opindex -L @opindex --max-line-length -Print only the maximum line lengths. +Print only the maximum display widths. +Tabs are set at every 8th column. +Display widths of wide characters are considered. +Non-printable characters are given 0 width. @macro filesZeroFromOption{cmd,withTotalOption,subListOutput} @item --files0-from=@var{file} |