Re: Confusing wc man page

[Jim Meyering]

Thanks for the suggestion.
I've just done that.

  $ ./wc --help
  Usage: ./wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...
  Print byte, word, and newline counts for each FILE, and a total line if
  ...

Gaute Hvoslef Kvalnes <address@hidden> wrote:
> The first line of the man page of wc(1) is confusing. It says:
>
>   wc - print the number of bytes, words, and lines in files
>
> The main text and the wc --help text says instead:
>
>   Print line, word, and byte counts for each FILE, (...)
>
> It's the different order of lines/words/bytes that confused me. I think the
> first line should be changed to match the default output of the wc command
> (lines, words and bytes).
>
> The same applies to the info page, which starts with the text:
>
> `wc': Print byte, word, and line counts