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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2005-10-13 20:12:10 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2005-10-13 20:12:10 +0000
commit03e3b41e7550e9b692e261560f759463a4f7a065 (patch)
tree6ba5d73b0313e63529fdaab5d23b54133cd8203f /doc
parente08cff1ba579df25780847c3e77f144427826b7a (diff)
downloadcoreutils-03e3b41e7550e9b692e261560f759463a4f7a065.tar.xz
Avoid a few overfull/underfull hboxes.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/coreutils.texi12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 66d4c717d..3f598a348 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -4497,8 +4497,8 @@ line that contains no delimiter character, unless the
@itemx --delimiter=@var{input_delim_byte}
@opindex -d
@opindex --delimiter
-For @option{-f}, fields are separated in the input by the first character
-in @var{input_delim_byte} (default is TAB).
+With @option{-f}, use the first byte of @var{input_delim_byte} as
+the input fields separator (default is TAB).
@item -n
@opindex -n
@@ -5153,9 +5153,9 @@ If only one tab stop is given, set the tabs @var{tab1} spaces apart
last tab stop given with single spaces. Tab stops can be separated by
blanks as well as by commas.
-For compatibility @command{expand} also supports an obsolete
-option syntax @option{-@var{tab1}[,@var{tab2}]@dots{}}. New scripts
-should use @option{-t @var{tab1}[,@var{tab2}]@dots{}} instead.
+For compatibility, GNU @command{expand} also accepts the obsolete
+option syntax, @option{-@var{t1}[,@var{t2}]@dots{}}. New scripts
+should use @option{-t @var{t1}[,@var{t2}]@dots{}} instead.
@item -i
@itemx --initial
@@ -5206,7 +5206,7 @@ instead of the default 8. Otherwise, set the tabs at columns
beyond the tab stops given unchanged. Tab stops can be separated by
blanks as well as by commas. This option implies the @option{-a} option.
-For compatibility @command{unexpand} supports an obsolete option syntax
+For compatibility, GNU @command{unexpand} supports the obsolete option syntax,
@option{-@var{tab1}[,@var{tab2}]@dots{}}, where tab stops must be
separated by commas. (Unlike @option{-t}, this obsolete option does
not imply @option{-a}.) New scripts should use @option{--first-only -t