GNU `wc -c' optimization

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From: David V. Henkel-Wallace
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 10:40

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   Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 13:46:09 GMT
   From: pinard@icule.UUCP (Francois Pinard)

   Using GNU textutils 1.3, I noticed that `wc -c FILE' or `wc -c *'
   physically reads the file(s).  Would not it be better to just stat the
   file(s) and produce the output quickly in those cases?

Until wc handles wide characters...

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Subject: GNU `wc -c' optimization
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