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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/wc.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 51d96b466..6a69b75ca 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -3593,7 +3593,10 @@ Print only the newline counts. @itemx --max-line-length @opindex -L @opindex --max-line-length -Print only the maximum line lengths. +Print only the maximum display widths. +Tabs are set at every 8th column. +Display widths of wide characters are considered. +Non-printable characters are given 0 width. @macro filesZeroFromOption{cmd,withTotalOption,subListOutput} @item --files0-from=@var{file} @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ the following order: newline, word, character, byte, maximum line length.\n\ --files0-from=F read input from the files specified by\n\ NUL-terminated names in file F;\n\ If F is - then read names from standard input\n\ - -L, --max-line-length print the length of the longest line\n\ + -L, --max-line-length print the maximum display width\n\ -w, --words print the word counts\n\ "), stdout); fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout); |