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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-12-30 08:26:16 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-12-30 08:26:16 +0000
commit8e25ccda3caacea9dd0523fd2359d9627cd2b3f6 (patch)
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parent621e3e07cd52154656f73d4597e9720a812e20a4 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-8e25ccda3caacea9dd0523fd2359d9627cd2b3f6.tar.xz
(join invocation): Remove documentation
accordingly. Document that -t makes all separators significant.
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 5c14e6cdc..9102679f4 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -4392,21 +4392,17 @@ With this option, the lines of the input files must be ordered in the same way.
Use @samp{sort -f} to produce this ordering.
@item -1 @var{field}
-@itemx -j1 @var{field}
@opindex -1
-@opindex -j1
Join on field @var{field} (a positive integer) of file 1.
@item -2 @var{field}
-@itemx -j2 @var{field}
@opindex -2
-@opindex -j2
Join on field @var{field} (a positive integer) of file 2.
@item -j @var{field}
Equivalent to @option{-1 @var{field} -2 @var{field}}.
-@item -o @var{field-list}@dots{}
+@item -o @var{field-list}
Construct each output line according to the format in @var{field-list}.
Each element in @var{field-list} is either the single character @samp{0} or
has the form @var{m.n} where the file number, @var{m}, is @samp{1} or
@@ -4423,14 +4419,13 @@ To give @command{join} that functionality, @acronym{POSIX} invented the @samp{0}
field specification notation.
The elements in @var{field-list}
-are separated by commas or blanks. Multiple @var{field-list}
-arguments can be given after a single @option{-o} option; the values
-of all lists given with @option{-o} are concatenated together.
+are separated by commas or blanks.
All output lines -- including those printed because of any -a or -v
option -- are subject to the specified @var{field-list}.
@item -t @var{char}
Use character @var{char} as the input and output field separator.
+Treat as significant each occurrence of @var{char} in the input file.
@item -v @var{file-number}
Print a line for each unpairable line in file @var{file-number}