wc needs a --verbose option. Else one is forced to do: $ file=e.html; echo $file:; for i in bytes chars lines words; do echo -en $i:\\t; wc --$i < $file; done e.html: bytes: 31655 chars: 29141 lines: 643 words: 1275
I mean sometimes we want to send the output to a real person, and currently all wc makes is: $ wc e.html 643 1275 31655 e.html $ file=e.html; for i in bytes chars lines words; do wc --$i < $file; done 31655 29141 643 1275 So there needs to be a --verbose or --human-readable like du(1)... oops I don't mean saying 234M... yet.