From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 25 13:47:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA01357 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 13:47:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from aaka.3skel.com (aaka.3skel.com [207.240.212.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA01311 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 13:46:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from danj@3skel.com) Received: from fnur.3skel.com (fnur.3skel.com [192.168.0.8]) by aaka.3skel.com (8.8.5/8.8.2) with ESMTP id QAA13037; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:46:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from 3skel.com (localhost.3skel.com [127.0.0.1]) by fnur.3skel.com (8.8.5/8.8.2) with ESMTP id QAA26142; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:46:23 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <34F4912F.B444C8EF@3skel.com> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:46:23 -0500 From: Dan Janowski Organization: Triskelion Systems, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Julian Elischer CC: "'FreeBSD Hackers'" Subject: Re: New utilities: factor(1) and wid(1)? References: <01BD4207.4AA87440.meuston@jmrodgers.com> <34F48B59.64880EEB@whistle.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Julian Elischer wrote: > Max Euston wrote: > > > > - The second (non Unix) is wid(1). It finds the "width" of a file (longest > > line). It can print longest, shortest, average (mean), totals and can > > ignore trailing spaces. Suggestions for any other features is welcomed. > > can you think of a present program into which it might fit better > a an option? Would that be the right thing to do? 'wc' would seem the right place. What about compatibility? Dan -- danj@3skel.com Dan Janowski Triskelion Systems, Inc. Bronx, NY To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message