huh, i'd never heard of this (and it's not used in any of the code i have access to), but debian shows it's used a bit: https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=wc%5C+-L&literal=0
On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 9:09 AM Rob Landley <r...@landley.net> wrote: > > Who was it who asked for wc -L again? Because here's what the debian version > is > doing: > > $ echo a | wc -L > 1 > $ echo -n a | wc -L > 1 > $ echo -e '\ta' | wc -L > 9 > $ echo -e '\t\b' | wc -L > 8 > $ echo -e '\t\b\bx' | wc -L > 9 > $ echo -e '\t\b\b\b' | wc -L > 8 > $ echo -e 'abc\td' | wc -L > 9 > $ echo -e 'abc\bd' > abd > $ echo -e 'abc\bd' | wc -L > 4 > $ echo -e '\x01' | wc -L > 0 > $ echo -e 'w\xcc\x88' > ẅ > $ echo -e 'w\xcc\x88' | wc -L > 1 > $ wc -m tests/files/utf8/japan.txt > 25 tests/files/utf8/japan.txt > $ wc -L tests/files/utf8/japan.txt > 50 tests/files/utf8/japan.txt > $ wc -c tests/files/utf8/japan.txt > 75 tests/files/utf8/japan.txt > > So wc -L isn't QUITE the fold.c logic, because it treats backspace like any > other low ascii character (I.E. width zero). But otherwise it does tabs and > measures unicode wide and combining characters. > > Alas, my first naive implementation... didn't do all that yet. > > Rob > _______________________________________________ > Toybox mailing list > Toybox@lists.landley.net > http://lists.landley.net/listinfo.cgi/toybox-landley.net _______________________________________________ Toybox mailing list Toybox@lists.landley.net http://lists.landley.net/listinfo.cgi/toybox-landley.net
