Pádraig Brady <[email protected]> writes: > On 13/07/2026 18:55, Collin Funk wrote: >> Pádraig Brady <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> On 13/07/2026 01:20, Dan Jacobson wrote: >>>> NAME >>>> wc - print newline, word, and byte counts for each file >>>> ^character, >>> >>> The above was trying to summarize the functionality and default mode. >>> If you add character, then you'd probably have to also mention the -L >>> functionality, i.e.: >>> >>> wc - print newline, word, byte, character counts, or maximum line width >>> >>> It's a bit wordy TBH, so I'm not sure. >> I couldn't think of a way to make it not sound wordy either. POSIX >> has >> this [1]: >> wc - word, line, and byte or character count >> But that sounds a little strange to me. I think it is the double >> conjunctions, "and" and "or". >> Collin >> [1] >> https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/wc.html > > It's a bit better than what we have, > so let's just go with the POSIX wording.
Applying the following patch makes the lines in the info pages too long. Not sure if you have an idea to avoid that. diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 5cc831f84..8d3f70a35 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ * uptime: (coreutils)uptime invocation. Print uptime and load. * users: (coreutils)users invocation. Print current user names. * vdir: (coreutils)vdir invocation. List directories verbosely. -* wc: (coreutils)wc invocation. Line, word, and byte counts. +* wc: (coreutils)wc invocation. Line, word, and byte or character counts. * who: (coreutils)who invocation. Print who is logged in. * whoami: (coreutils)whoami invocation. Print effective user ID. * yes: (coreutils)yes invocation. Print a string indefinitely. @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ @node Top Summarizing files -* wc invocation:: Print newline, word, and byte counts +* wc invocation:: Print newline, word, and byte or charcter counts * sum invocation:: Print checksum and block counts * cksum invocation:: Print CRC checksum and byte counts * md5sum invocation:: Print or check MD5 digests diff --git a/man/wc.x b/man/wc.x index e1d9b4bf7..6ff1f819d 100644 --- a/man/wc.x +++ b/man/wc.x @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ [NAME] -wc \- print newline, word, and byte counts for each file +wc \- print newline, word, and byte or character counts for each file [DESCRIPTION] .\" Add any additional description here Collin
