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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2006-02-02 07:44:57 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2006-02-02 07:44:57 +0000
commit2741d9b096a09a21b91c440f3bf648e0736cca1c (patch)
treec08858a19b09723a7fec7c54e1805515687efcdd /src
parent944a17de32c1fe47e1d7b98c04283df65f3ce3a0 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-2741d9b096a09a21b91c440f3bf648e0736cca1c.tar.xz
(usage): Mention that -t a ignores high order bit.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/od.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/od.c b/src/od.c
index 5334db23e..785326268 100644
--- a/src/od.c
+++ b/src/od.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ All arguments to long options are mandatory for short options.\n\
fputs (_("\
\n\
Traditional format specifications may be intermixed; they accumulate:\n\
- -a same as -t a, select named characters\n\
+ -a same as -t a, select named characters, ignoring high-order bit\n\
-b same as -t o1, select octal bytes\n\
-c same as -t c, select ASCII characters or backslash escapes\n\
-d same as -t u2, select unsigned decimal 2-byte units\n\
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ suffixes may be . for octal and b for multiply by 512.\n\
\n\
TYPE is made up of one or more of these specifications:\n\
\n\
- a named character\n\
+ a named character, ignoring high-order bit\n\
c ASCII character or backslash escape\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\