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Re: t0090-cache-tree fails due to wc whitespace

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Dec 14, 2011, 15:54 UTC
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Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> writes:
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> (Oddly, according to 'man 1p wc' here, the POSIXly correct format in
> the absence of options is
>
>   "%d %d %d %s\n", <newlines>, <words>, <bytes>, <file>
>
> Taking it literally would mean no padding/alignment whatsoever.
> Neither GNU wc on my Linux exactly conforms to this.)

A space in the format string stands for one or more <blank>s. If only a single <space> is allowed the standard uses đťš«.

Andreas.
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  1. Brian GernhardtDec 14, 2011
  2. Stefano LattariniDec 14, 2011
  3. Hallvard Breien FurusethDec 14, 2011
  4. Johannes SixtDec 14, 2011
  5. t0090: be prepared that 'wc -l' writes leading blanksJohannes Sixt, Dec 20, 2011
  6. Thomas RastDec 20, 2011
  7. Thomas RastDec 14, 2011
  8. Andreas SchwabDec 14, 2011

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