Re: wc function proposal for an additional switch -? (choose letter ?

[Mike Frysinger]

On 03 May 2015 23:30, Leslie S Satenstein wrote:
> While there is nothing wrong with wc as is, a suggestion after some use.
> 
>  With wc -l  it emits the line count  and the program name(s) as   "nnn  
> program-name".
> With the additional switch option, it would be convenient to drop the program 
> name.
> It would be equivalent to  `wc -l  programname | cut -d' '`It would be 
> equivalent to   `wc -c|m|L|w programname | cut -d'' `
> 
> In other words, just present the count without the program name. 
> Suggest   -n or --nonames (for drop the program name)
> wc -l -n  prognames
> 
> or 
> 
> wc -l --nonames  prognames

wc -l < programname
-mike

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