--- a/contrib/check-code.py Mon Nov 03 14:01:52 2014 -0600
+++ b/contrib/check-code.py Mon Nov 03 11:06:51 2014 -0600
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
(r'sed.*-i', "don't use 'sed -i', use a temporary file"),
(r'\becho\b.*\\n', "don't use 'echo \\n', use printf"),
(r'echo -n', "don't use 'echo -n', use printf"),
- (r'(^| )\bwc\b[^|]*$\n(?!.*\(re\))', "filter wc output"),
+ (r'(^|\|\s*)\bwc\b[^|]*$\n(?!.*\(re\))', "filter wc output"),
(r'head -c', "don't use 'head -c', use 'dd'"),
(r'tail -n', "don't use the '-n' option to tail, just use '-<num>'"),
(r'sha1sum', "don't use sha1sum, use $TESTDIR/md5sum.py"),