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| author | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2016-01-12 16:29:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2016-01-13 10:59:18 +0000 |
| commit | b2eadd109c3a508011705761dfe24a35180d925d (patch) | |
| tree | 7efae6e5d2ba65a74b2e22e1160f0dd6a4013ce6 /NEWS | |
| parent | d44ae88199ebf44fe721c06621a7ffc442fa34be (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-b2eadd109c3a508011705761dfe24a35180d925d.tar.xz | |
join,sort,uniq: with -z, treat '\n' as a field separator
* NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
* doc/coreutils.texi (newlineFieldSeparator): A new description,
referenced from ({join,sort,uniq} invocation).
* src/system.h (field_sep): A new inline function to determine
if a character is a field separator.
* src/join.c (usage): s/whitespace/blank/ to be more accurate
wrt which characters are field separators.
(xfields): s/isblank/field_sep/.
* src/sort.c (inittables): Likewise.
* src/uniq.c (find_field): Likewise.
* tests/misc/join.pl: Adjust -z test, and add a test/example
for processing the whole record with field processing.
* tests/misc/sort.pl: Add -z test cases, including case with '\n'.
* tests/misc/uniq.pl: Add -z -f test case with \n.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 2 |
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@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- ls now quotes file names unambiguously and appropriate for use in a shell, when outputting to a terminal. + join, sort, uniq with --zero-terminated, now treat '\n' as a field delimiter. + ** Improvements All utilities now quote user supplied arguments in error strings, |