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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2004-11-16 20:47:28 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2004-11-16 20:47:28 +0000
commit6d988bb20d6382fc62d9ba71317057d9605e505b (patch)
tree78844b21d830a7aea6f8472f636d20ba3776f8ac /src/cut.c
parented2fcc6f9aa466b2e026af88fd3bd712e007da25 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-6d988bb20d6382fc62d9ba71317057d9605e505b.tar.xz
(usage): Improve documentation along the lines suggested
by Debian 5.2.1-2.
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diff --git a/src/cut.c b/src/cut.c
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@@ -211,7 +211,9 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
fputs (_("\
\n\
Use one, and only one of -b, -c or -f. Each LIST is made up of one\n\
-range, or many ranges separated by commas. Each range is one of:\n\
+range, or many ranges separated by commas. Selected input is written\n\
+in the same order that it is read, and is written exactly once.\n\
+Each range is one of:\n\
\n\
N N'th byte, character or field, counted from 1\n\
N- from N'th byte, character or field, to end of line\n\