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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-04-07 08:02:57 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-04-07 08:02:57 +0000
commit7b3a227fa9e7941a2ac6eaec522cf474ffaa27b3 (patch)
treed9ca791ed240c138c55917e571c8eaef5437941c /usr.bin/wc
parenta6db61c691f3ecbf032a54c0ace7fbb604851147 (diff)
- alter .Nd to reflect that characters can be counted also
(syncs description w/ posix) - remove unnecessary .Fl - note that the default listing may show character, rather than byte, count started by PR from Juan Vera (#3738)
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/wc')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/wc/wc.116
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/wc/wc.1 b/usr.bin/wc/wc.1
index 2801ca31dc6..91db7ccc4ac 100644
--- a/usr.bin/wc/wc.1
+++ b/usr.bin/wc/wc.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: wc.1,v 1.13 2003/06/10 09:12:12 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: wc.1,v 1.14 2004/04/07 08:02:56 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm wc
-.Nd word, line, and byte count
+.Nd word, line, and byte or character count
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm wc
-.Op Fl c | Fl m
+.Op Fl c | m
.Op Fl lw
.Op Ar file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
@@ -105,8 +105,14 @@ input file of the form:
lines words bytes file_name
.Ed
.Pp
-The counts for lines, words and bytes are integers separated
-by spaces.
+If the
+.Fl m
+option is specified,
+the number of bytes is replaced by
+the number of characters in the listing above.
+The counts for lines, words, and bytes
+.Pq or characters
+are integers separated by spaces.
.Pp
The
.Nm