Re: comm separator document tab

[Jim Meyering]

Brian Dessent <address@hidden> wrote:
> Dan Jacobson wrote:
>> comm documents don't mention that columns are made via tabs, and it
>> one is not happy with that what one can do about that (nothing, even
>> if one's data has tabs in it and one wants to use a different separator.)
...
> The ability to specify something other than TAB would probably be a
> useful feature to have, though.

I agree, and have added it to the TODO list:

comm: add an option, --output-delimiter=STR
  Files to change: src/comm.c, ChangeLog, NEWS, doc/coreutils.texi,
  Add a new file, tests/misc/comm (use another file in that directory as
  a template), to exercise the new option.  Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.