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bug#20954: wc - linux
From: |
Bob Proulx |
Subject: |
bug#20954: wc - linux |
Date: |
Wed, 1 Jul 2015 19:41:00 -0600 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) |
tag 20954 + notabug
close 20954
thanks
tele wrote:
> Hi!
Hi! :-)
> From terminal:
>
> $ a="" ; echo $s | wc -l
> 1
Do you mean $a instead of $s? Either way is the same though assuming
$s is empty too.
> Should be 0 , yes ?
No. Should be 1. You have forgotten about the newline at the end of
the command. The echo will terminate with a newline. You can see
this with od.
echo | od -tx1 -c
0000000 0a
\n
Since this appears to be a usage error I have closed the bug. Please
feel free to follow up with more information. We will read it. And
we appreciate additional communication! I am simply closing it to
keep the accounting straight. :-)
Bob