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Shorthand on the sort page |
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Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:05:38 +0800 |
Shorthand on the sort page
--sort=WORD
sort according to WORD: general-numeric -g, human-numeric -h,
month -M, numeric -n, random -R, version -V
is not going to be understood by the beginner. Sorry.
Only the Info page makes it clear what you are trying to say in this paragraph.
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Re: bug#9228: Shorthand on the sort page |
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Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:29:03 +0200 |
address@hidden wrote:
> Shorthand on the sort page
>
> --sort=WORD
> sort according to WORD: general-numeric -g, human-numeric -h,
> month -M, numeric -n, random -R, version -V
>
> is not going to be understood by the beginner. Sorry.
>
> Only the Info page makes it clear what you are trying to say in this
> paragraph.
Thanks, but that is true of many --help/man option descriptions.
That is why at the end of every man page you find a pointer to
the "full documentation":
info coreutils ...
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