Andreas Schwab wrote: > Tobias Reif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > echo f | wc -m > > > > should yield 1. > > No, you forgot to count the newline. > > $ printf f | wc -m > 1
For more information use 'od' to dump each character for your inspection. echo f | od -c 0000000 f \n 0000002 printf f | od -c 0000000 f 0000001 Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
