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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2004-12-12 07:24:31 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2004-12-12 07:24:31 +0000
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(join invocation): Mention that blank separators
in the -o option need to be quoted.
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@@ -4725,6 +4725,10 @@ field specification notation.
The elements in @var{field-list}
are separated by commas or blanks.
+Blank separators typically need to be quoted for the shell. For
+example, the commands @samp{join -o 1.2,2.2} and @samp{join -o '1.2
+2.2'} are equivalent.
+
All output lines---including those printed because of any -a or -v
option---are subject to the specified @var{field-list}.