On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 15:49:24 +0200, "Laurent TARRISSE" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > Documentation on 'wc' says: > ---------------------------------------------- > wc -m, --chars > print the character counts > > ---------------------------------------------- > > But here follows the output I get: > > >echo toto | wc --chars > 5 > >echo five | wc --chars > 5 > >echo four | wc --chars > 5 > >echo f | wc --chars > 2 > >echo "" | wc --chars > 1 > > Why does 'wc' add one character ? wc isn't adding anything. If you do "echo toto" you're sending five characters to the pipe. Try this: echo toto | od -c -- D.
