Bug#503304: 'wc' should have a recursive option

2008-10-24 Thread Bob Proulx
Daniel Watkins wrote: > Severity: wishlist > > It'd be nice if I could pass '-r' to wc, rather than using ridiculous shell > expansions. -1 Try this instead: find . -type f -print0 | wc --files0-from=- If you have a specific need that is often repeated then making a shell script, function or

Bug#503304: 'wc' should have a recursive option

2008-10-24 Thread Daniel Watkins
Package: coreutils Version: 6.10-6 Severity: wishlist It'd be nice if I could pass '-r' to wc, rather than using ridiculous shell expansions. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)