Re: wc(1) Output and POSIX

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <CAHwRYJnCSvd4q7+O2nAeGjXT8Gm=6WZxJLfi7Cqx4XAibppFfQ%mail.gmail.com@localhost>,
Abhinav Upadhyay  <er.abhinav.upadhyay%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 1:44 AM, Robert Elz <kre%munnari.oz.au@localhost> wrote:
>> The last time I saw this discussed, I think that the conclusion was
>> that where posix specifies a space, other wording permits any number
>> of spaces.   That means that we comply.
>
>Yes, that makes sense for the %7lu, but what about the leading space
>in the first column?

We could get rid of it, but if we are going to touch wc, we could go
the FreeBSD way, add libxo etc... But that opens a bigger discussion...

christos