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Re:Write code for the web - Apple doesn't care about you, Mr... by Someone on Sunday February 04, 2024 @02:31PM (#39253536)
Because otherwise, files can contain characters that aren’t on any of its lines.

https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1...:

“3.206 Line

A sequence of zero or more non- <newline> characters plus a terminating <newline> character.”

That’s consistent with:

  > echo test | wc
         1       1       5
  > echo -n test | wc
         0       1       4
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