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bug#5861: [PATCH] Explain what makes a 'word' as counted by wc.
From: |
James Youngman |
Subject: |
bug#5861: [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
- bug#5861: [PATCH] Explain what makes a 'word' as counted by wc.,
James Youngman <=