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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1995-03-12 18:07:15 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1995-03-12 18:07:15 +0000
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downloadcoreutils-f8b678f7c80d5d309636dbffedeb4bfb0a9cad10.tar.xz
Better but-reporting instructions.
wc tweak: lines->newlines.
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diff --git a/doc/textutils.texi b/doc/textutils.texi
index 710eb32bf..1e7232aa5 100644
--- a/doc/textutils.texi
+++ b/doc/textutils.texi
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ by the Foundation.
@end ifinfo
@titlepage
-@title GNU textutils, version @value{VERSION}
+@title GNU @code{textutils}
@subtitle A set of text utilities
@subtitle for version @value{VERSION}, @value{RELEASEDATE}
@author David MacKenzie et al.
@@ -146,11 +146,15 @@ benefit.
@cindex POSIX.2
The GNU text utilities are mostly compatible with the POSIX.2 standard.
+@c This paragraph appears in all of fileutils.texi, textutils.texi, and
+@c sh-utils.texi too -- so be sure to keep them consistent.
@cindex bugs, reporting
Please report bugs to @samp{bug-gnu-utils@@prep.ai.mit.edu}. Remember
to include the version number, machine architecture, input files, and
-any other information needed to reproduce the bug. @xref{Bugs, , , gcc,
-GNU CC}.
+any other information needed to reproduce the bug: your input, what you
+expected, what you got, and why it is wrong. Diffs are welcome, but
+please include a description of the problem as well, since this is
+sometimes difficult to infer. @xref{Bugs, , , gcc, GNU CC}.
This manual is based on the Unix man pages in the distribution, which
were originally written by David MacKenzie and updated by Jim Meyering.
@@ -1426,7 +1430,7 @@ 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: lines, words, bytes.
+counts are printed in this order: newlines, words, bytes.
By default, @code{wc} prints all three counts. Options can specify
that only certain counts be printed. Options do not undo others