Hello :),
Thanks for your hard work :)
I had a need for a variant of wordcount without filenames in the output,
tuesday.
https://github.com/LLyaudet/DevOrSysAdminScripts/blob/main/build_and_checks_dependencies/lines_filters.sh
https://github.com/LLyaudet/DevOrSysAdminScripts/commit/f0cb3291de4ad0bc63e40baf31364d1af6849f12
I started to make a patch on GNU coreutils on that day,
but I had to interrupt and continue today.
Here is the patch joined to this email.
Best summary of the feature is just to copy-paste my commit message:
wc: Add an option -n --no-filenames.
wc now has an option -n or --no-filenames to remove the filenames
from the output lines.
It is useful when used in conjunction with a single option
-c, -m, -l, -L, or -w,
since the result is a single number per line that can be easily used
in shell (Bash) scripts,
without having to pipe the result with cut.
doc/coreutils.texi: Add option -n to documentation.
NEWS: Mention the change option -n added and justify it.
src/wc.c: Modify the source code to have an option -n.
tests/wc/wc-no-filenames.sh: Test --no-filenames option for wc.
Note that it should be a -f --filenames option if the default was different.
If the default was configurable,
then we should have -f --filenames -n --no-filenames options,
like is possible in some of the latest versions of argparse in Python
(argparse.BooleanOptionalAction).
I don't know how to handle that in C code.
Please accept my patch and improve upon it if needed.
Best regards,
Laurent Lyaudet
From ef4e810d9bbd6dac65c18cb328cd5e24e480d85e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laurent Lyaudet <laurent.lyau...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 13:20:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] wc: Add an option -n --no-filenames
wc now has an option -n or --no-filenames to remove the filenames
from the output lines.
It is useful when used in conjunction with a single option
-c, -m, -l, -L, or -w,
since the result is a single number per line that can be easily used
in shell (Bash) scripts,
without having to pipe the result with cut.
doc/coreutils.texi: Add option -n to documentation.
NEWS: Mention the change option -n added and justify it.
src/wc.c: Modify the source code to have an option -n.
tests/wc/wc-no-filenames.sh: Test --no-filenames option for wc.
---
NEWS | 8 ++++++++
doc/coreutils.texi | 17 +++++++++++----
src/wc.c | 13 ++++++++++--
tests/wc/wc-no-filenames.sh | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
create mode 100755 tests/wc/wc-no-filenames.sh
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index febb9ac68..b5d7dfd90 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
This was previously 16KiB and increasing to 256KiB was seen to increase
wc -l performance by about 10% when reading cached files on modern systems.
+ wc now has an option -n or --no-filenames to remove the filenames
+ from the output lines.
+ It is useful when used in conjunction with a single option
+ -c, -m, -l, -L, or -w,
+ since the result is a single number per line that can be easily used
+ in shell (Bash) scripts,
+ without having to pipe the result with cut.
+
* Noteworthy changes in release 9.5 (2024-03-28) [stable]
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 3762c6f96..6c2cd4224 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -3814,10 +3814,13 @@ wc [@var{option}]@dots{} [@var{file}]@dots{}
@end example
@cindex total counts
-@command{wc} prints one line of counts for each file, and if the file was
-given as an argument, it prints the file name following the counts. By default
-if more than one @var{file} is given, @command{wc} prints a final line
-containing the cumulative counts, with the file name @file{total}.
+@command{wc} prints one line of counts for each file,
+and if the file was given as an argument,
+it prints the file name following the counts,
+unless the -n option (--no-filenames) is specified.
+By default if more than one @var{file} is given,
+@command{wc} prints a final line containing the cumulative counts,
+with the file name @file{total}.
This @samp{total} line can be controlled with the @option{--total} option,
which is a GNU extension.
The counts are printed in this order: newlines, words, characters, bytes,
@@ -3896,6 +3899,12 @@ Tabs are set at every 8th column.
Display widths of wide characters are considered.
Non-printable characters are given 0 width.
+@item -n
+@itemx --no-filenames
+@opindex -n
+@opindex --no-filenames
+Do not print the filenames in output lines.
+
@item --total=@var{when}
@opindex --total=@var{when}
Control when and how the final line with cumulative counts is printed.
diff --git a/src/wc.c b/src/wc.c
index 21ffa74d9..e628bfb11 100644
--- a/src/wc.c
+++ b/src/wc.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static intmax_t max_line_length;
/* Which counts to print. */
static bool print_lines, print_words, print_chars, print_bytes;
static bool print_linelength;
+static bool print_filenames;
/* The print width of each count. */
static int number_width;
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ static struct option const longopts[] =
{"chars", no_argument, nullptr, 'm'},
{"lines", no_argument, nullptr, 'l'},
{"words", no_argument, nullptr, 'w'},
+ {"no-filenames", no_argument, nullptr, 'n'},
{"debug", no_argument, nullptr, DEBUG_PROGRAM_OPTION},
{"files0-from", required_argument, nullptr, FILES0_FROM_OPTION},
{"max-line-length", no_argument, nullptr, 'L'},
@@ -179,6 +181,8 @@ the following order: newline, word, character, byte, maximum line length.\n\
If F is - then read names from standard input\n\
-L, --max-line-length print the maximum display width\n\
-w, --words print the word counts\n\
+ -n, --no-filenames do not print the filenames at the end of\
+ each line\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
--total=WHEN when to print a line with total counts;\n\
@@ -238,7 +242,7 @@ write_counts (uintmax_t lines,
}
if (print_linelength)
printf (format_int, number_width, imaxtostr (linelength, buf));
- if (file)
+ if (file && print_filenames)
printf (" %s", strchr (file, '\n') ? quotef (file) : file);
putchar ('\n');
}
@@ -745,9 +749,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
print_lines = print_words = print_chars = print_bytes = false;
print_linelength = false;
+ print_filenames = true;
total_lines = total_words = total_chars = total_bytes = max_line_length = 0;
- while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "clLmw", longopts, nullptr)) != -1)
+ while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "clLmnw", longopts, nullptr)) != -1)
switch (optc)
{
case 'c':
@@ -770,6 +775,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
print_linelength = true;
break;
+ case 'n':
+ print_filenames = false;
+ break;
+
case DEBUG_PROGRAM_OPTION:
debug = true;
break;
diff --git a/tests/wc/wc-no-filenames.sh b/tests/wc/wc-no-filenames.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0dec0f5d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/wc/wc-no-filenames.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Show that wc's --no-filenames option works.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2022-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.
+# If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
+print_ver_ wc
+require_sparse_support_ # for 'truncate --size=$BIG'
+getlimits_
+
+echo "test test test" > test || framework_failure_
+
+returns_ 1 wc -l --filenames test > out || fail=1
+
+wc -l --no-filenames test > out1 || fail=1
+echo "1" > exp1 || framework_failure_
+compare exp1 out1 || fail=1
+
+wc -w --no-filenames test > out2 || fail=1
+echo "3" > exp2 || framework_failure_
+compare exp2 out2 || fail=1
+
+wc -L --no-filenames test > out3 || fail=1
+echo "14" > exp3 || framework_failure_
+compare exp3 out3 || fail=1
+
+Exit $fail
--
2.40.1
