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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2006-10-09 23:26:33 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2006-10-09 23:26:33 +0000
commit489ff7f0cdaa63403aefcce778ea7214dc4e6808 (patch)
treee86d67ada5ebb74d1c4d114ef6ff9d96b9222884 /src
parent2983bf7c85fc69d1bcfb6fa45c2dd7eedc59fc2a (diff)
downloadcoreutils-489ff7f0cdaa63403aefcce778ea7214dc4e6808.tar.xz
* src/sort.c (usage): Mention again that sort fields are origin 1.
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diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c
index 7f9566d57..e08d05802 100644
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+++ b/src/sort.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ Other options:\n\
fputs (_("\
\n\
POS is F[.C][OPTS], where F is the field number and C the character position\n\
-in the field. If neither the -t nor the -b option is in effect, the characters\n\
+in the field; both are origin 1. If neither -t nor -b is in effect, characters\n\
in a field are counted from the beginning of the preceding whitespace. OPTS is\n\
one or more single-letter ordering options, which override global ordering\n\
options for that key. If no key is given, use the entire line as the key.\n\