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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2003-01-24 14:49:47 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2003-01-24 14:49:47 +0000 |
| commit | cae8997185fb9d2b4513f1ab323672843986c6b1 (patch) | |
| tree | 4d57ace21cfc4ae9a416c5ad1a98a7f4a4f1612a /doc | |
| parent | 2c4d6da0a4351a13cdedcbcdef73a781102a621c (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-cae8997185fb9d2b4513f1ab323672843986c6b1.tar.xz | |
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index f1eaf207a..7e7271e20 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY @end ifinfo @copying -This manual documents version @value{VERSION} of the @sc{gnu} command -line utilities. +This manual documents version @value{VERSION} of the @sc{gnu} core +utilities, including the standard programs for text and file manipulation. Copyright @copyright{} 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @@ -11934,6 +11934,12 @@ Finally, note that the width of even the date/time field may change, depending on the current locale. To avoid that, use an option like @option{--time-style='+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'}. +And there's still another problem: if a file has more +than 999 hard links to it, then that will change the alignment. +The morale is that it is hard to use fixed byte offsets into +a line of @command{ls} output. Use a different tool, like +find, but with @option{-printf} and carefully chosen format strings. + @node The sort command @unnumberedsec The @command{sort} Command |