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diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 0e0b5c2a0..7b97fc2b0 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +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 |