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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2006-10-28 18:19:05 +0200
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2006-10-28 18:19:05 +0200
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* coreutils.texi (wc invocation): When giving the order in which
the various "counts" are listed, also mention "maximum line length". Prompted by a report from Vincent LeFevre.
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+2006-10-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): When giving the order in which
+ the various "counts" are listed, also mention "maximum line length".
+ Prompted by a report from Vincent LeFevre.
+
2006-10-23 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
* coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Describe --one-file-system.
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index ee8179246..3cf34af9b 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -2950,7 +2950,8 @@ wc [@var{option}]@dots{} [@var{file}]@dots{}
given as an argument, it prints the file name following the counts. If
more than one @var{file} is given, @command{wc} prints a final line
containing the cumulative counts, with the file name @file{total}. The
-counts are printed in this order: newlines, words, characters, bytes.
+counts are printed in this order: newlines, words, characters, bytes,
+maximum line length.
Each count is printed right-justified in a field with at least one
space between fields so that the numbers and file names normally line
up nicely in columns. The width of the count fields varies depending