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Briefly document whitespace handling in sort
From: |
The Wanderer |
Subject: |
Briefly document whitespace handling in sort |
Date: |
Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:26:47 -0500 |
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I was tripped up by the fact that it is not indicated anywhere in the
provided documentation that the character count of a field, for the '-k'
option, is counted from the beginning of the preceding whitespace. The
attached patch adds to the usage message a somewhat terse note
explaining the situation.
If there's anything wrong with or otherwise objectionable about this,
don't hesitate to let me know; I'll either fix it if I can or attempt to
explain why I don't think it's a problem.
--
The Wanderer
Warning: Simply because I argue an issue does not mean I agree with any
side of it.
Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.
Index: src/sort.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/coreutils/coreutils/src/sort.c,v
retrieving revision 1.328
diff -u -u -r1.328 sort.c
--- src/sort.c 7 Oct 2005 18:48:28 -0000 1.328
+++ src/sort.c 7 Dec 2005 18:23:37 -0000
@@ -331,9 +331,10 @@
fputs (_("\
\n\
POS is F[.C][OPTS], where F is the field number and C the character position\n\
-in the field. OPTS is one or more single-letter ordering options, which\n\
-override global ordering options for that key. If no key is given, use the\n\
-entire line as the key.\n\
+in the field. If neither the -t nor the -b option is in effect, the
characters\n\
+in a field are counted from the beginning of the preceding whitespace. OPTS
is\n\
+one or more single-letter ordering options, which override global ordering\n\
+options for that key. If no key is given, use the entire line as the key.\n\
\n\
SIZE may be followed by the following multiplicative suffixes:\n\
"), stdout);
- Briefly document whitespace handling in sort,
The Wanderer <=