Re: wc(1) Output and POSIX

[Abhinav Upadhyay <er.abhinav.upadhyay%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Robert Elz <kre%munnari.oz.au@localhost> wrote:
>     Date:        Tue, 27 Dec 2016 10:52:17 +0530
>     From:        Abhinav Upadhyay <er.abhinav.upadhyay%gmail.com@localhost>
>     Message-ID:  <CAHwRYJnCSvd4q7+O2nAeGjXT8Gm=6WZxJLfi7Cqx4XAibppFfQ%mail.gmail.com@localhost>
>
>   | Yes, that makes sense for the %7lu, but what about the leading space
>   | in the first column?
>
> From posix:
>
>         If both the field width and precision are omitted, the implementation
>         may precede, follow, or precede and follow numeric arguments of types
>         d, i, and u with <blank> characters;
>
> Since they specify just "%d" we can add whatever blanks we llike.

Ah, that clears it up. Thanks :-)

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Abhinav