No, it works also with many files. Hello, Best regards, Laurent Lyaudet
Le ven. 10 mai 2024, 18:47, Chris Elvidge <celvidge...@gmail.com> a écrit : > Why not use 'wc [options] <filename' > Obv. only works on a single filename. > > On 10/05/2024 at 12:36, Laurent Lyaudet wrote: > > Hello :), > > > > Thanks for your hard work :) > > I had a need for a variant of wordcount without filenames in the output, > > tuesday. > > > https://github.com/LLyaudet/DevOrSysAdminScripts/blob/main/build_and_checks_dependencies/lines_filters.sh > > > https://github.com/LLyaudet/DevOrSysAdminScripts/commit/f0cb3291de4ad0bc63e40baf31364d1af6849f12 > > I started to make a patch on GNU coreutils on that day, > > but I had to interrupt and continue today. > > Here is the patch joined to this email. > > > > > > Best summary of the feature is just to copy-paste my commit message: > > wc: Add an option -n --no-filenames. > > > > wc now has an option -n or --no-filenames to remove the filenames > > from the output lines. > > It is useful when used in conjunction with a single option > > -c, -m, -l, -L, or -w, > > since the result is a single number per line that can be easily used > > in shell (Bash) scripts, > > without having to pipe the result with cut. > > > > doc/coreutils.texi: Add option -n to documentation. > > NEWS: Mention the change option -n added and justify it. > > src/wc.c: Modify the source code to have an option -n. > > tests/wc/wc-no-filenames.sh: Test --no-filenames option for wc. > > > > > > Note that it should be a -f --filenames option if the default was > different. > > If the default was configurable, > > then we should have -f --filenames -n --no-filenames options, > > like is possible in some of the latest versions of argparse in Python > > (argparse.BooleanOptionalAction). > > I don't know how to handle that in C code. > > Please accept my patch and improve upon it if needed. > > > > Best regards, > > Laurent Lyaudet > > > > > -- > > Chris Elvidge > > >