GNU bug report logs - #5861
[PATCH] Explain what makes a 'word' as counted by wc.

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From: James Youngman <jay <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Cc: James Youngman <jay <at> gnu.org>, coreutils <at> tlinx.org
Subject: [PATCH] Explain what makes a 'word' as counted by wc.
Date: Thu,  8 Apr 2010 10:58:52 +0100

---
 src/wc.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/wc.c b/src/wc.c
index 0698ae1..6df7fed 100644
--- a/src/wc.c
+++ b/src/wc.c
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
       fputs (_("\
 Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if\n\
 more than one FILE is specified.  With no FILE, or when FILE is -,\n\
-read standard input.\n\
+read standard input.  A word is a non-zero-length sequence of characters\n\
+delimited by white space.\n\
   -c, --bytes            print the byte counts\n\
   -m, --chars            print the character counts\n\
   -l, --lines            print the newline counts\n\
-- 
1.7.0

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: James Youngman <jay <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 5861-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, coreutils <at> tlinx.org
Subject: Re: bug#5861: [PATCH] Explain what makes a 'word' as counted by wc.
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:15:37 +0200

Thanks!
Applied.

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