In this case, why 1 byte extra when computing the file size? [closed]
It's due to text editor you are getting this.YOu must have pressed extra terminating character such as newline.
If you want 1 byte size for 1 character in a file.
Just do like this on you terminal.
#cat > file // create a file for inputx{CTRL+D} // after inputting one character 'x' , press CTRL+D twice // one for terminating file and one for killing the cat process.#ls -l // list the fileYou will get exactly 1 byte file size.
Try it. (It's working on my system Ubuntu 11.04)