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bug#7455: cut - lack of --merge-delimiters option
From: |
Leo Lopes |
Subject: |
bug#7455: cut - lack of --merge-delimiters option |
Date: |
Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:57:23 +1100 |
Thanks for replying.
>
> makes me wonder if it's just a question of documentation
> and/or general education. cut is a very specialized tool.
> If it doesn't do the job, using a more general-purpose one
> is easy, once you see how. Do you think that adding a few
> examples in "info cut" (including uses of awk) would suffice?
>
I think adding the awk or tr examples in the manpage/info page would
be helpful. However, I personally don't think it would suffice. I
think it would still violate the principle of least surprise.
Cheers,
Leo.