[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#9166: closed (wc -m that the resulting number is wrong)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: wc -m that the resulting number is wrong Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:58:49 -0700

 
Hi,
 
I am running a RHEL 6 and noticed that when using wc -m that the resulting number is wrong.  for example echo "A" | wc -m yield 2 instead of 1.  Why is this?  Thanks PAUL>

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> On 07/24/2011 03:58 PM, Paul Ingerson wrote:
> > for example echo "A" | wc -m yield 2 instead of 1.  Why is this?
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> Thanks for the report; however, this is not a bug.  In your example, 
> echo "A" really did output two characters: A and newline.  Try:
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> echo A | od -tx1z
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> printf A | wc -m
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> to see the difference (since printf does not output a trailing newline).
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