GNU bug report logs - #34664
Mention wc default action on man page

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 10:48:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>,
 34664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34664: Mention wc default action on man page
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 23:06:52 -0800

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
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