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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-02-07 23:05:00 +0100
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-02-07 23:06:28 +0100
commit5ae0543737b6a4c7dd84c01dddaa9b244fe62107 (patch)
tree60fb9b38c05b5729d71d4b58dd6157a71c9fe4d0
parentdcc6638e460a6bc67814045b14309c0018ada535 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-5ae0543737b6a4c7dd84c01dddaa9b244fe62107.tar.xz
Fix a typo in description of size suffixes: s/GB/G/.
* doc/coreutils.texi (od invocation, head invocation, tail invocation): Spotted by Bert Wesarg.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--THANKS1
-rw-r--r--doc/coreutils.texi6
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f37a4ef7c..0cc95ce72 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2008-02-07 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+ Fix a typo in description of size suffixes: s/GB/G/.
+ * doc/coreutils.texi (od invocation, head invocation, tail invocation):
+ Spotted by Bert Wesarg.
+
* NEWS [6.9.90]: Mention the added feature that head, od, split and
tail now accept the standard size suffixes (kB, M, MB, G, GB, and
so on for T, P, Y, Z, and Y) on arguments to selected options.
diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index bb536b3ec..2a47910c8 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Bernhard Baehr bernhard.baehr@gmx.de
Bernhard Gabler bernhard@uni-koblenz.de
Bernhard Rosenkraenzer bero@redhat.de
Bert Deknuydt Bert.Deknuydt@esat.kuleuven.ac.be
+Bert Wesarg bert.wesarg@googlemail.com
Bill Peters peters@gaffel.as.arizona.edu
Bjorn Helgaas helgaas@rsn.hp.com
Bob McCracken kerouac@ravenet.com
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index aca5fbd6a..dfab04001 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ hexadecimal; otherwise, if it begins with @samp{0}, in octal; otherwise,
in decimal. Appending @samp{b} multiplies @var{bytes} by 512,
@samp{kB} by 1000, @samp{K} by 1024,
@samp{MB} by 1000*1000, @samp{M} by 1024*1024,
-@samp{GB} by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{GB} by 1024*1024*1024,
+@samp{GB} by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{G} by 1024*1024*1024,
and so on for @samp{T}, @samp{P}, @samp{E}, @samp{Z}, and @samp{Y}.
@item -N @var{bytes}
@@ -2501,7 +2501,7 @@ print all but the last @var{n} bytes of each file.
Appending @samp{b} multiplies @var{n} by 512,
@samp{kB} by 1000, @samp{K} by 1024,
@samp{MB} by 1000*1000, @samp{M} by 1024*1024,
-@samp{GB} by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{GB} by 1024*1024*1024,
+@samp{GB} by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{G} by 1024*1024*1024,
and so on for @samp{T}, @samp{P}, @samp{E}, @samp{Z}, and @samp{Y}.
@itemx -n @var{n}
@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@ However, if @var{n} starts with a @samp{+}, start printing with the
Appending @samp{b} multiplies @var{bytes} by 512,
@samp{kB} by 1000, @samp{K} by 1024,
@samp{MB} by 1000*1000, @samp{M} by 1024*1024,
-@samp{GB} by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{GB} by 1024*1024*1024,
+@samp{GB} by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{G} by 1024*1024*1024,
and so on for @samp{T}, @samp{P}, @samp{E}, @samp{Z}, and @samp{Y}.
@item -f