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bug#9449: Bug report on 'wc' : characters count adds one character
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Eric Blake |
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bug#9449: Bug report on 'wc' : characters count adds one character |
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Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:25:28 -0600 |
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tag 9449 notabug
thanks
On 09/06/2011 07:49 AM, Laurent TARRISSE wrote:
echo toto | wc --chars
5
Thanks for the report; however, this is correct. wc is counting the
newline output by echo.
Try these to see the difference:
$ printf toto | wc --chars
4
$ echo toto | od -tx1z
Why does 'wc' add one character ?
It doesn't. Echo does.
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