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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-06-12 06:52:49 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-06-12 06:52:49 +0000
commite7c3673528868432f402726177eac6549cc4432b (patch)
tree5da16810982239823dd247503cafc325644d3f27 /doc
parent2a7d10a7668ad6be8af3535217718ec7fc943380 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-e7c3673528868432f402726177eac6549cc4432b.tar.xz
(wc invocation): Tweak wording: wc prints them in
the order `line, word, byte'. Suggestion from Keith M. Briggs.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 8a8fdc4c6..ffc377d33 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
* unlink: (coreutils)unlink invocation. Removal via unlink(2).
* users: (coreutils)users invocation. Print current user names.
* vdir: (coreutils)vdir invocation. List directories verbosely.
-* wc: (coreutils)wc invocation. Byte, word, and line counts.
+* wc: (coreutils)wc invocation. Line, word, and byte counts.
* who: (coreutils)who invocation. Print who is logged in.
* whoami: (coreutils)whoami invocation. Print effective user id.
* yes: (coreutils)yes invocation. Print a string indefinitely.
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ Output of parts of files
Summarizing files
-* wc invocation:: Print byte, word, and line counts.
+* wc invocation:: Print line, word, and byte counts.
* sum invocation:: Print checksum and block counts.
* cksum invocation:: Print CRC checksum and byte counts.
* md5sum invocation:: Print or check message-digests.
@@ -2506,7 +2506,7 @@ These commands generate just a few numbers representing entire
contents of files.
@menu
-* wc invocation:: Print byte, word, and line counts.
+* wc invocation:: Print line, word, and byte counts.
* sum invocation:: Print checksum and block counts.
* cksum invocation:: Print CRC checksum and byte counts.
* md5sum invocation:: Print or check message-digests.
@@ -2514,7 +2514,7 @@ contents of files.
@node wc invocation
-@section @command{wc}: Print byte, word, and line counts
+@section @command{wc}: Print line, word, and byte counts
@pindex wc
@cindex byte count