Re: FYI: wc accepts a new option --files0-from=FILE, ...

[Jim Meyering]

Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> address@hidden (Bob Proulx) wrote:
>>
>>>Jim Meyering wrote:
>>>
>>>>The description of wc's --files0-from is nearly identical
>>>>to that of du.  I've added an example:
>>>>...
>>>>address@hidden
>>>>+find . -name '*.[ch]' -print0 | ./wc -L --files=- | tail -n1
>>>>address@hidden example
>>>
>>>Here you are using the substring abbreviation --files for
>>>--files0-from.  Which is fine.  But what if someday the --files-from
>>>option is added?  My preference would be to make the example be unique
>>>in that case too and to use at least --files0=- there.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Good point.
>> I've spelled it out:
>>
>>      * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Spell out `--files0-from' in
>>      the example. Suggestion from Bob Proulx.
>
> s#./wc#wc#

Fixed.  Thanks!