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Alas man wc doesn't say if what we are looking at is bytes or characters, so kindly mention the default on the man page! From unknown Mon Jun 23 22:06:42 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#34664: Mention wc default action on man page Resent-From: =?UTF-8?Q?P=C3=A1draig?= Brady Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 07:07:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 34664 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: =?UTF-8?Q?=E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC?= Dan Jacobson , 34664@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 34664-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B34664.155133762119330 (code B ref 34664); Thu, 28 Feb 2019 07:07:01 +0000 Received: (at 34664) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Feb 2019 07:07:01 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54723 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gzFmW-00051g-Qf for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2019 02:07:01 -0500 Received: from mail.magicbluesmoke.com ([82.195.144.49]:47582) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gzFmS-00051T-EO; Thu, 28 Feb 2019 02:06:58 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [76.21.115.186]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.magicbluesmoke.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B5CE3AE74; Thu, 28 Feb 2019 07:06:54 +0000 (GMT) References: <87mumix1w4.fsf@jidanni.org> From: =?UTF-8?Q?P=C3=A1draig?= Brady Message-ID: Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 23:06:52 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <87mumix1w4.fsf@jidanni.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) tag 34664 notabug close 34664 stop On 26/02/19 02:47, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > INFO says > By default, ‘wc’ prints three counts: the newline, words, and byte > and wc --help even more so. > > Alas man wc doesn't say if what we are looking at is bytes or > characters, so kindly mention the default on the man page! I'm confused. It says 'bytes', and means it. One has to specify -m to select characters. cheers, Pádraig From unknown Mon Jun 23 22:06:42 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#34664: Mention wc default action on man page In-Reply-To: <87mumix1w4.fsf@jidanni.org> Resent-From: =?UTF-8?Q?=E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC?= Dan Jacobson Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 03:23:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 34664 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug To: =?UTF-8?Q?P=C3=A1draig?= Brady Cc: 34664@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 34664-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B34664.155141054911718 (code B ref 34664); Fri, 01 Mar 2019 03:23:01 +0000 Received: (at 34664) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Mar 2019 03:22:29 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55688 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gzYkn-00032v-0c for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2019 22:22:29 -0500 Received: from quail.birch.relay.mailchannels.net ([23.83.209.151]:1912) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gzYkj-00032l-Jn for 34664@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2019 22:22:27 -0500 X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|jidanni@jidanni.org Received: from relay.mailchannels.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AE8F1247A0; Fri, 1 Mar 2019 03:22:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a18.g.dreamhost.com (unknown [100.96.36.131]) (Authenticated sender: dreamhost) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C23C91246A4; Fri, 1 Mar 2019 03:22:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|jidanni@jidanni.org Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a18.g.dreamhost.com (pop.dreamhost.com [64.90.62.162]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384) by 0.0.0.0:2500 (trex/5.16.3); Fri, 01 Mar 2019 03:22:23 +0000 X-MC-Relay: Neutral X-MailChannels-SenderId: dreamhost|x-authsender|jidanni@jidanni.org X-MailChannels-Auth-Id: dreamhost X-Zesty-Whistle: 3e4c3a506f5f31e3_1551410542920_3276990803 X-MC-Loop-Signature: 1551410542919:1201658008 X-MC-Ingress-Time: 1551410542919 Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a18.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pdx1-sub0-mail-a18.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B5147F924; Thu, 28 Feb 2019 19:22:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=jidanni.org; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=jidanni.org; bh=0i5oAQaaNWqhHSNAT4 th4jODaAA=; b=VYXwVGlvohu1/THo/OtlAD8Zd8WyYUgvp97HVODpWPez48vMHY viym/IBRNuh2AsZoAbmHHO8+kQVSxUc5FInxBrrn15WFHGmFcY+UdIJfn//K1sis ld8NH71tHGGG4UDXPUDjtxcsymOKwLGLv6TDk10jBo6lA3bYskRwE7SUA= Received: from jidanni.org (1-170-83-82.dynamic-ip.hinet.net [1.170.83.82]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jidanni@jidanni.org) by pdx1-sub0-mail-a18.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D2A177F921; Thu, 28 Feb 2019 19:22:21 -0800 (PST) X-DH-BACKEND: pdx1-sub0-mail-a18 From: =?UTF-8?Q?=E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC?= Dan Jacobson References: <87mumix1w4.fsf@jidanni.org> Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:22:17 +0800 Message-ID: <875zt3l1na.fsf@jidanni.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-VR-OUT-STATUS: OK X-VR-OUT-SCORE: 0 X-VR-OUT-SPAMCAUSE: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedutddrvdeggdeiudcutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucggtfgfnhhsuhgsshgtrhhisggvpdfftffgtefojffquffvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecunecujfgurhephffvufhffffkgggtgfesthekredttddtjeenucfhrhhomhepnjjnnjcuffgrnhculfgrtghosghsohhnuceojhhiuggrnhhnihesjhhiuggrnhhnihdrohhrgheqnecukfhppedurddujedtrdekfedrkedvnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhhouggvpehsmhhtphdphhgvlhhopehjihgurghnnhhirdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddrudejtddrkeefrdekvddprhgvthhurhhnqdhprghthheppeeruhhtfhdqkeerueerheeimhfphefnihehhegsveekreepucffrghnucflrggtohgsshhonhcuoehjihgurghnnhhisehjihgurghnnhhirdhorhhgqedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehjihgurghnnhhisehjihgurghnnhhirdhorhhgpdhnrhgtphhtthhopeefgeeiieegseguvggssghughhsrdhgnhhurdhorhhgnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptd Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.9 (/) Well > Print newline, word, and byte counts might sound like > Play movies, audio files, and even ... Sort of like a list of capabilities. >>>>> "PB" =3D=3D P=C3=A1draig Brady writes: PB> I'm confused. It says 'bytes', and means it. PB> One has to specify -m to select characters. But OK, fine.