wc function proposal for an additional switch -? (choose letter ?

2015-05-03 Thread Leslie S Satenstein
While there is nothing wrong with wc as is, a suggestion after some use. With wc -l  it emits the line count  and the program name(s) as   "nnn  program-name". With the additional switch option, it would be convenient to drop the program name. It would be equivalent to  `wc -l  programname | cu

Re: wc function proposal for an additional switch -? (choose letter ?

2015-05-03 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 04/05/15 00:30, Leslie S Satenstein wrote: > While there is nothing wrong with wc as is, a suggestion after some use. > > With wc -l it emits the line count and the program name(s) as "nnn > program-name". > > With the additional switch option, it would be convenient to drop the program

Re: wc function proposal for an additional switch -? (choose letter ?

2015-05-19 Thread Mike Frysinger
On 03 May 2015 23:30, Leslie S Satenstein wrote: > While there is nothing wrong with wc as is, a suggestion after some use. > > With wc -l  it emits the line count  and the program name(s) as   "nnn  > program-name". > With the additional switch option, it would be convenient to drop the program