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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2009-05-15 17:28:51 +0100
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2009-05-18 16:17:31 +0100
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doc: clarify the operation of the comm -123 parameters
* src/comm.c (usage): give more information on the -123 parameters, with examples to show that they can be combined. Addresses <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?24974>. * doc/coreutils.texi (comm invocation): Mention that the column separators are suppressed along with the column. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson. * man/comm.x: Reference other commands that match adjacent lines. * man/join.x: ditto. * man/uniq.x: ditto.
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@@ -4565,7 +4565,7 @@ Columns are separated by a single TAB character.
@opindex -2
@opindex -3
The options @option{-1}, @option{-2}, and @option{-3} suppress printing of
-the corresponding columns. Also see @ref{Common options}.
+the corresponding columns (and separators). Also see @ref{Common options}.
Unlike some other comparison utilities, @command{comm} has an exit
status that does not depend on the result of the comparison.