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diff --git a/doc/textutils.texi b/doc/textutils.texi index f29384a82..fdaf93a0a 100644 --- a/doc/textutils.texi +++ b/doc/textutils.texi @@ -1513,6 +1513,10 @@ wc --bytes --words @noindent prints both the byte counts and the word counts. +With the @code{--max-line-length} option, @code{wc} prints the length +of the longest line per file, and if there is more than one file it +prints the maximum (not the sum) of those lengths. + The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}. @table @samp @@ -1537,6 +1541,12 @@ Print only the word counts. @opindex --lines Print only the newline counts. +@item -L +@itemx --max-line-length +@opindex -L +@opindex --max-line-length +Print only the maximum line lengths. + @end table |