1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/wc.c b/coreutils/wc.c
index fb81c0a8f..8e3b5bbf4 100644
--- a/coreutils/wc.c
+++ b/coreutils/wc.c
@@ -42,20 +42,29 @@ static char print_type = 0;
 static void print_counts(const unsigned int lines, const unsigned int words,
         const unsigned int chars, const unsigned int length, const char *name)
 {
+        int output = 0;
+
         if (print_type & print_lines) {
-                printf("%7d ", lines);
+                printf("%7d", lines);
+                output++;
         }
         if (print_type & print_words) {
-                printf("%7d ", words);
+                if (output++)
+                        putchar(' ');
+                printf("%7d", words);
         }
         if (print_type & print_chars) {
-                printf("%7d ", chars);
+                if (output++)
+                        putchar(' ');
+                printf("%7d", chars);
         }
         if (print_type & print_length) {
-                printf("%7d ", length);
+                if (output++)
+                        putchar(' ');
+                printf("%7d", length);
         }
         if (*name) {
-                printf("%s", name);
+                printf(" %s", name);
         }
         putchar('\n');
 }