On 09/29/2014 02:47 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > tag 18585 notabug > thanks > > On 09/29/2014 07:25 AM, Schapovalov, Sebastian wrote: >> Hello, I was testing one parameter in my .sh and realised that the wc >> command return a different value that I was expected. I send you a couple >> examples. >> >> I have to validate a celular telephone number (in Argentina), so, it has to >> be a 10 chars parameter. >> >> sarasa() -- seba > echo 1029384756 | wc -c >> 11 > > Classic user mistake. 'echo' outputs a trailing newline, which IS a > character, > >> sarasa () -- seba > echo 1029384756 | wc -L >> 10 > > but does NOT contribute to the length of the longest line. Try > comparing these two commands > > echo 1029384756 | oc -tx1z > printf 1029384756 | oc -tx1z
Typo; I meant 'od' in both lines, not 'oc'. > > to see what I mean. > > I'm closing this as not a bug, but feel free to ask further questions. > -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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