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authorEric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>2010-06-09 11:13:13 -0600
committerEric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>2010-06-14 15:42:24 -0600
commit879e8261bbc7cc42f620778155b1e1c9e5ae3ef2 (patch)
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parentceb84598d8c3a166e6949606710771f58eb2be56 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-879e8261bbc7cc42f620778155b1e1c9e5ae3ef2.tar.xz
cat: improve documentation
* src/cat.c (usage): Clarify that -b overrides -n. * doc/coreutils.texi (cat invocation): Likewise. * THANKS: Update. Suggested by Chas. Owens, in bug 6383.
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diff --git a/src/cat.c b/src/cat.c
index eebfb974d..c4a2a9e3c 100644
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@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output.\n\
\n\
-A, --show-all equivalent to -vET\n\
- -b, --number-nonblank number nonempty output lines\n\
+ -b, --number-nonblank number nonempty output lines, overrides -n\n\
-e equivalent to -vE\n\
-E, --show-ends display $ at end of each line\n\
-n, --number number all output lines\n\