GNU bug report logs - #7915
Possible off-by-1 in wc

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Sune Mølgaard <sune <at> molgaard.org>

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:20:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

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From: Sune Mølgaard <sune <at> molgaard.org>
To: 7915 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7915: Possible off-by-1 in wc
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:18:19 +0100

sune <at> jekaterina:~$ echo Å|wc -m
2
sune <at> jekaterina:~$ echo Å|wc -c
3
sune <at> jekaterina:~$

Expected: 1 and 2 respectively.

wc is the one in Ubuntu Linux 10.10

Best regards,

Sune Mølgaard

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