Re: bin/57252: wc

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/57252; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/57252: wc
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 10:05:27 +0100

 Am Thu, Mar 02, 2023 at 08:05:00AM +0000 schrieb marc%fege.net@localhost:
 > the "wc" command does not behave as POSIX demands:
 > POSIX requires the outputted figures to be tabbed by the actual horizontal tab character.
 
 [CITATION NEEDED]
 
 > For example:
 > $ wc /etc/hosts
 
 With GNU coretuils I get:
 
 wc /etc/hosts | hexdump
 0000000 3220 2037 3820 2037 3138 2033 652f 6374
 0000010 682f 736f 7374 000a
 0000017
 
 ...so no clearly, no tab in use.
 
 Joerg