* coreutils.texi (wc invocation): When giving the order in which

the various "counts" are listed, also mention "maximum line length".
Prompted by a report from Vincent LeFevre.

diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 0e0b5c2a0b6febd5edb9ef6b7c05476ecaf7daac..7b97fc2b0569c80ff4ba92941e5d13d566c56a4e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-10-27  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
+       * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): When giving the order in which
+       the various "counts" are listed, also mention "maximum line length".
+       Prompted by a report from Vincent LeFevre.
+
 2006-10-23  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
        * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Describe --one-file-system.

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
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--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -2950,7 +2950,8 @@ wc [@var{option}]@dots{} [@var{file}]@dots{}
 given as an argument, it prints the file name following the counts.  If
 more than one @var{file} is given, @command{wc} prints a final line
 containing the cumulative counts, with the file name @file{total}.  The
-counts are printed in this order: newlines, words, characters, bytes.
+counts are printed in this order: newlines, words, characters, bytes,
+maximum line length.
 Each count is printed right-justified in a field with at least one
 space between fields so that the numbers and file names normally line
 up nicely in columns.  The width of the count fields varies depending