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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-10-08 17:53:18 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-10-08 17:53:18 +0000
commit49e0862ebbb322693712b393bc7ae13e1d4de918 (patch)
tree15aaa515c8af13c8514e19165c0d54d706cc1241
parent5b00b41da45bdb4dda5e59ef7e24944a6ce0f235 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-49e0862ebbb322693712b393bc7ae13e1d4de918.tar.xz
(csplit invocation):
The regexp offset need not have a sign; POSIX requires support for signless offets.
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
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@@ -2414,8 +2414,8 @@ file once for each repeat.
@item /@var{regexp}/[@var{offset}]
Create an output file containing the current line up to (but not
including) the next line of the input file that contains a match for
-@var{regexp}. The optional @var{offset} is a @samp{+} or @samp{-}
-followed by a positive integer. If it is given, the input up to the
+@var{regexp}. The optional @var{offset} is an integer.
+If it is given, the input up to (but not including) the
matching line plus or minus @var{offset} is put into the output file,
and the line after that begins the next section of input.