GNU bug report logs - #47702
wc man page: first you are talking about bytes, then you are talking about characters

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Package: coreutils;

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

Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 05:43:03 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: wc man page: first you are talking about bytes, then you are
 talking about characters
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 09:42:57 +0800

Man wc says

       Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if
       more than one FILE is specified.  A word is a non-zero-length  sequence
       of characters delimited by white space.

first you are talking about bytes, then you are talking about
characters.

So for the latter, please say
characters (not bytes)
or
characters (same as bytes)
or just
bytes
Yes, even if explained in the INFO file.
Thanks.
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