Re: FYI: wc accepts a new option --files0-from=FILE, ...

[Pádraig Brady]

Jim Meyering wrote:
> address@hidden (Bob Proulx) wrote:
> 
>>Jim Meyering wrote:
>>
>>>The description of wc's --files0-from is nearly identical
>>>to that of du.  I've added an example:
>>>...
>>>address@hidden
>>>+find . -name '*.[ch]' -print0 | ./wc -L --files=- | tail -n1
>>>address@hidden example
>>
>>Here you are using the substring abbreviation --files for
>>--files0-from.  Which is fine.  But what if someday the --files-from
>>option is added?  My preference would be to make the example be unique
>>in that case too and to use at least --files0=- there.
> 
> ...
> 
> Good point.
> I've spelled it out:
> 
>       * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Spell out `--files0-from' in
>       the example. Suggestion from Bob Proulx.

s#./wc#wc#

Pádraig.

p.s. I sent this privately but Jim's private mail
is not working for me again.