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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2007-12-18 21:14:49 +0100
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2007-12-18 21:14:49 +0100
commitbbc55e488dae92938772f2c523f81f427ad66f9e (patch)
tree73a59444ae140ca7550482cdb575c71aa8559f19
parente19a5aa428f9391bbd58879b27f083c1a835af5a (diff)
downloadcoreutils-bbc55e488dae92938772f2c523f81f427ad66f9e.tar.xz
* src/uniq.c (usage): Say "key-selection", not "field-selection".
Quote example commands consistently.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog2
-rw-r--r--src/uniq.c4
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8d5c1ab84..e940e635a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
* src/uniq.c (usage): Note that sorting uniq's input is often useful.
Suggested by Eric Blake.
+ (usage): Say "key-selection", not "field-selection".
+ Quote example commands consistently.
2007-12-15 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
diff --git a/src/uniq.c b/src/uniq.c
index 5fcbed9a4..b5c92e078 100644
--- a/src/uniq.c
+++ b/src/uniq.c
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ Fields are skipped before chars.\n\
fputs (_("\
\n\
Note: while uniq can be useful even with unsorted input, in most applications\n\
-the input is sorted in a manner consistent with field-selection options.\n\
+the input is sorted in a manner consistent with key-selection options.\n\
E.g., use `sort' if `uniq' uses no such option (or simply use `sort -u');\n\
-use `sort -k 3b' with uniq -f2.\n\
+use `sort -k 3b' with `uniq -f2'.\n\
"), stdout);
emit_bug_reporting_address ();
}