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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1999-03-13 17:26:44 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1999-03-13 17:26:44 +0000
commit2003f808c7bbc69bf72b3dd072d4a4debb9ed16a (patch)
treeb37bcd84ef382421bdf4aa21e8e24d03e175c9d4
parent5c591b0e360be353259d3027a6a2d1c146807085 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-2003f808c7bbc69bf72b3dd072d4a4debb9ed16a.tar.xz
(cut invocation): Describe --output-delimiter.
-rw-r--r--doc/textutils.texi14
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/textutils.texi b/doc/textutils.texi
index 7024bdf89..000670864 100644
--- a/doc/textutils.texi
+++ b/doc/textutils.texi
@@ -3044,12 +3044,12 @@ take up 1 character.
Print only the fields listed in @var{field-list}. Fields are
separated by a @key{TAB} by default.
-@item -d @var{delim}
-@itemx --delimiter=@var{delim}
+@item -d @var{input_delim_byte}
+@itemx --delimiter=@var{input_delim_byte}
@opindex -d
@opindex --delimiter
-For @samp{-f}, fields are separated by the first character in @var{delim}
-(default is @key{TAB}).
+For @samp{-f}, fields are separated in the input by the first character
+in @var{input_delim_byte} (default is @key{TAB}).
@item -n
@opindex -n
@@ -3062,6 +3062,12 @@ Do not split multi-byte characters (no-op for now).
For @samp{-f}, do not print lines that do not contain the field separator
character.
+@itemx --output-delimiter=@var{output_delim_string}
+@opindex --output-delimiter
+For @samp{-f}, output fields are separated by @var{output_delim_string}
+The default is to use the input delimiter.
+
+
@end table