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author | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-12-06 19:21:56 +0000 |
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committer | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-12-06 19:21:56 +0000 |
commit | e50dcd29223a660dbc3857b80b62aa779bb8f068 (patch) | |
tree | 399ce883a1fce7b698e98c169c202d48a1d0ed70 /usr.bin/wc/wc.1 | |
parent | a72e17aca8ca75aa7be4efd0b81d0993fe572313 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-e50dcd29223a660dbc3857b80b62aa779bb8f068.zip FreeBSD-src-e50dcd29223a660dbc3857b80b62aa779bb8f068.tar.gz |
Add a -L option to wc(1), for finger compatibility with the GNU
wc utility. The -L option can be used to report the length of
the longest line wc has seen in one or more files. It is
disabled by default, and wc uses the standard `-lwc'.
Submitted by: Sheldon Givens, sheldon at sigsegv.ca
Reviewed by: kib
MFC after: 1 week
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/wc/wc.1')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/wc/wc.1 | 27 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/wc/wc.1 b/usr.bin/wc/wc.1 index eeaaa74..2e8ac2d 100644 --- a/usr.bin/wc/wc.1 +++ b/usr.bin/wc/wc.1 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ .\" @(#)wc.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd February 23, 2005 +.Dd December 6, 2008 .Dt WC 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ .Nd word, line, character, and byte count .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm -.Op Fl clmw +.Op Fl Lclmw .Op Ar .Sh DESCRIPTION The @@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ the last file. .Pp The following options are available: .Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl L +The number of characters in the longest input line +is written to the standard output. +When more then one +.Ar file +argument is specified, the longest input line of +.Em all +files is reported as the value of the final +.Dq total . .It Fl c The number of bytes in each input file is written to the standard output. @@ -129,6 +138,10 @@ and as well as the totals for both: .Pp .Dl "wc -mlw report1 report2" +.Pp +Find the longest line in a list of files: +.Pp +.Dl "wc -L file1 file2 file3 | fgrep total" .Sh COMPATIBILITY Historically, the .Nm @@ -154,6 +167,16 @@ in terms of the .Xr iswspace 3 function, as required by .St -p1003.2 . +.Pp +The +.Fl L +option is a non-standard +.Fx +extension, compatible with the +.Fl L +option of the GNU +.Nm +utility. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr iswspace 3 .Sh STANDARDS |