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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-03-18 07:53:14 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-03-18 07:53:14 +0000
commit426d1b07d1c87cd302845a5de743501b31fe7931 (patch)
tree4f0282d71bd78419cbdb7df7187dee4fa177e6be /src
parent6b8cfeea5b523ed73a5577840e6f37fcd7b4458b (diff)
downloadcoreutils-426d1b07d1c87cd302845a5de743501b31fe7931.tar.xz
(usage): Warn that the +N form will be withdrawn.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/sort.c10
-rw-r--r--src/tail.c3
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c
index c12092e79..ea29e68de 100644
--- a/src/sort.c
+++ b/src/sort.c
@@ -291,18 +291,13 @@ Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
printf (_("\
Write sorted concatenation of all FILE(s) to standard output.\n\
\n\
- +POS1 [-POS2] start a key at POS1, end it *before* POS2 (obsolescent)\n\
- field numbers and character offsets are numbered\n\
- starting with zero (contrast with the -k option)\n\
-b ignore leading blanks in sort fields or keys\n\
-c check if given files already sorted, do not sort\n\
-d consider only blanks and alphanumeric characters in keys\n\
-f fold lower case to upper case characters in keys\n\
-g compare according to general numerical value, imply -b\n\
-i consider only printable characters in keys\n\
- -k POS1[,POS2] start a key at POS1, end it *at* POS2\n\
- field numbers and character offsets are numbered\n\
- starting with one (contrast with zero-based +POS form)\n\
+ -k POS1[,POS2] start a key at POS1, end it *at* POS2 (origin 1)\n\
-m merge already sorted files, do not sort\n\
-M compare (unknown) < `JAN' < ... < `DEC', imply -b\n\
-n compare according to string numerical value, imply -b\n\
@@ -316,6 +311,9 @@ Write sorted concatenation of all FILE(s) to standard output.\n\
-u with -c, check for strict ordering;\n\
with -m, only output the first of an equal sequence\n\
-z end lines with 0 byte, not newline, for find -print0\n\
+ +POS1 [-POS2] start a key at POS1, end it *before* POS2 (origin 0)\n\
+ Warning: this option is obsolescent and support for it\n\
+ will be withdrawn. Use -k instead.\n\
--help display this help and exit\n\
--version output version information and exit\n\
\n\
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index 0c547507d..1db47a142 100644
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ print the last N items in the file. N may have a multiplier suffix:\n\
b for 512, k for 1024, m for 1048576 (1 Meg). A first OPTION of -VALUE\n\
or +VALUE is treated like -n VALUE or -n +VALUE unless VALUE has one of\n\
the [bkm] suffix multipliers, in which case it is treated like -c VALUE\n\
-or -c +VALUE.\n\
+or -c +VALUE. Warning: a first option of +VALUE is obsolescent, and support\n\
+for it will be withdrawn.\n\
\n\
With --follow (-f), tail defaults to following the file descriptor, which\n\
means that even if a tail'ed file is renamed, tail will continue to track\n\