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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1996-09-23 15:40:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1996-09-23 15:40:34 +0000 |
| commit | 62a6b18a7724dfc8c4cd6e921c4ae3b009b05365 (patch) | |
| tree | 63602d12c1f383ed43867790aa244510c96f4136 /doc | |
| parent | 0f39512ec6b7a6446b3bdb89a67fb36e1a87cd07 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-62a6b18a7724dfc8c4cd6e921c4ae3b009b05365.tar.xz | |
(sort invocation): from Andreas Schwab.
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diff --git a/doc/textutils.texi b/doc/textutils.texi index 6296c1cce..28a991704 100644 --- a/doc/textutils.texi +++ b/doc/textutils.texi @@ -1904,11 +1904,8 @@ appended to it, in which case the global ordering options are not used for that particular field. The @samp{-b} option may be independently attached to either or both of the @samp{+@var{pos}} and @samp{-@var{pos}} parts of a field specification, and if it is inherited -from the global options it will be attached to both. If a @samp{-n} or -@samp{-M} option is used, thus implying a @samp{-b} option, the -@samp{-b} option is taken to apply to both the @samp{+@var{pos}} and the -@samp{-@var{pos}} parts of a key specification. Keys may span multiple -fields. +from the global options it will be attached to both. +Keys may span multiple fields. Here are some examples to illustrate various combinations of options. In them, the @sc{POSIX} @samp{-k} option is used to specify sort keys rather |