From f325d180cf444f399f4e31aab5cbe615f4b73e65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruno Haible Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:50:17 +0200 Subject: doc: clarify wc -L documentation * doc/coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Explain what the -L option measures. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 229154281..3a04176c7 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -3137,7 +3137,9 @@ prints both the byte counts and the word counts. With the @option{--max-line-length} option, @command{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. +prints the maximum (not the sum) of those lengths. The line lengths here +are measured in screen columns, according to the current locale and +assuming tab positions in every 8th column. The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf