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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-02-19 16:11:39 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-02-19 16:11:39 +0000
commit7c9292d5c98e26fa2a303635ba75d7eb161bc92c (patch)
tree174edf91890e38e7e0c7f254495fa4d08cc526f6 /src
parent186032477937a1dbf350d5de868378cc283365a4 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-7c9292d5c98e26fa2a303635ba75d7eb161bc92c.tar.xz
(usage): Change wording in --help output:
use FILENUM instead of `SIDE' and say what FILENUM means.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/join.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/join.c b/src/join.c
index 368ea22b8..77a7de962 100644
--- a/src/join.c
+++ b/src/join.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* join - join lines of two files on a common field
- Copyright (C) 91, 1995-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 91, 1995-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ For each pair of input lines with identical join fields, write a line to\n\
standard output. The default join field is the first, delimited\n\
by whitespace. When FILE1 or FILE2 (not both) is -, read standard input.\n\
\n\
- -a SIDE print unpairable lines coming from file SIDE\n\
+ -a FILENUM print unpairable lines coming from file FILENUM, where\n\
+ FILENUM is 1 or 2, corresponding to FILE1 or FILE2\n\
-e EMPTY replace missing input fields with EMPTY\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ by whitespace. When FILE1 or FILE2 (not both) is -, read standard input.\n\
-t CHAR use CHAR as input and output field separator\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
- -v SIDE like -a SIDE, but suppress joined output lines\n\
+ -v FILENUM like -a FILENUM, but suppress joined output lines\n\
-1 FIELD join on this FIELD of file 1\n\
-2 FIELD join on this FIELD of file 2\n\
"), stdout);
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ by whitespace. When FILE1 or FILE2 (not both) is -, read standard input.\n\
Unless -t CHAR is given, leading blanks separate fields and are ignored,\n\
else fields are separated by CHAR. Any FIELD is a field number counted\n\
from 1. FORMAT is one or more comma or blank separated specifications,\n\
-each being `SIDE.FIELD' or `0'. Default FORMAT outputs the join field,\n\
+each being `FILENUM.FIELD' or `0'. Default FORMAT outputs the join field,\n\
the remaining fields from FILE1, the remaining fields from FILE2, all\n\
separated by CHAR.\n\
"), stdout);