Re: bug in 'wc -l'

[era+gmane]

On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 13:05:09 +0100 (MET), Alfred M. Szmidt
<address@hidden> posted to gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs:
 >    I am sending you a patch to solve a 'problem' at the wc program.
 >    When used with -l option (to count the number of lines) the last
 >    line isn't counted.
 > It counts occurences of '\n' (i.e. newline).  So I guess that the
 > behaviour is correct.

If that's your definition of a line, obviously. However, the poster is
probably right that the last line of a file should count as a line
even if it lacks a final newline.

 > Well, if it doesn't end with a newline (\n) then it isn't really a
 > line...

Is too. Is not. Is too. Your reasoning smacks of a circular argument,
anyway (nothing personal :-)

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