From 3ed89ae9324026660dfefb5e482e91b8acc5262d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 01:38:30 +0000
Subject: wc: avoid ambiguous output with '\n' in file names

* src/wc.c (write_counts): Shell escape the file name
if it contains '\n' so only a single line per file is output.
* tests/misc/wc-files0.sh: Add a test case.
* NEWS: Mention the improvement.
---
 NEWS | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

(limited to 'NEWS')

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1c214d520..a57c4b36f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   pseudo file systems "bpf_fs", "btrfs_test", "nsfs", "overlayfs"
   and "tracefs", and remote file system "acfs".
 
+  wc now ensures a single line per file for counts on standard output,
+  by quoting names containing '\n' characters; appropriate for use in a shell.
+
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release 8.24 (2015-07-03) [stable]
 
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