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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-08-11 09:10:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-08-11 09:10:22 +0000 |
| commit | f64320db7bf9d4c2c84c0a50ab39314b77bb6cd1 (patch) | |
| tree | 1869d81e5d5496650a23323741d537602d4b781c /doc | |
| parent | f253241fa66332c1d1c7e328123df76007fd52b9 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-f64320db7bf9d4c2c84c0a50ab39314b77bb6cd1.tar.xz | |
(wc invocation): Update accordingly.
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diff --git a/doc/textutils.texi b/doc/textutils.texi index b1a220744..4ead6f371 100644 --- a/doc/textutils.texi +++ b/doc/textutils.texi @@ -1796,12 +1796,13 @@ contents of files. @pindex wc @cindex byte count +@cindex character count @cindex word count @cindex line count -@code{wc} counts the number of bytes, whitespace-separated words, and -newlines in each given @var{file}, or standard input if none are given -or for a @var{file} of @samp{-}. Synopsis: +@code{wc} counts the number of bytes, characters, whitespace-separated +words, and newlines in each given @var{file}, or standard input if none +are given or for a @var{file} of @samp{-}. Synopsis: @example wc [@var{option}]@dots{} [@var{file}]@dots{} @@ -1812,16 +1813,16 @@ 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, @code{wc} prints a final line containing the cumulative counts, with the file name @file{total}. The -counts are printed in this order: newlines, words, bytes. +counts are printed in this order: newlines, words, characters, bytes. By default, each count is output right-justified in a 7-byte field with one space between fields so that the numbers and file names line up nicely in columns. However, @sc{posix} requires that there be exactly one space separating columns. You can make @code{wc} use the @sc{posix}-mandated output format by setting the @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT} environment variable. -By default, @code{wc} prints all three counts. Options can specify -that only certain counts be printed. Options do not undo others -previously given, so +By default, @code{wc} prints three counts: the newline, words, byte counts. +Options can specify that only certain counts be printed. Options do not +undo others previously given, so @example wc --bytes --words @@ -1840,12 +1841,16 @@ The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}. @item -c @itemx --bytes -@itemx --chars @opindex -c @opindex --bytes -@opindex --chars Print only the byte counts. +@item -m +@itemx --chars +@opindex -m +@opindex --chars +Print only the character counts. + @item -w @itemx --words @opindex -w |