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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/cat.c | 4 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2007-06-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + Clarify what "cat" documentation means by "blank" lines. + * doc/coreutils.texi (cat invocation): "Blank" lines actually mean + empty lines. + * src/cat.c (usage): Say that "nonblank" means nonempty. Clarify + --squeeze-blank. + 2007-06-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> rmdir: give better diagnostics diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 4ba2fb9a6..4fdee3ecb 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ Equivalent to @option{-vET}. @itemx --number-nonblank @opindex -b @opindex --number-nonblank -Number all nonblank output lines, starting with 1. +Number all nonempty output lines, starting with 1. @item -e @opindex -e @@ -1330,8 +1330,9 @@ Number all output lines, starting with 1. @itemx --squeeze-blank @opindex -s @opindex --squeeze-blank -@cindex squeezing blank lines -Replace multiple adjacent blank lines with a single blank line. +@cindex squeezing empty lines +Suppress repeated adjacent empty lines; output just one empty line +instead of several. @item -t @opindex -t @@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ 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 nonblank output lines\n\ + -b, --number-nonblank number nonempty output lines\n\ -e equivalent to -vE\n\ -E, --show-ends display $ at end of each line\n\ -n, --number number all output lines\n\ - -s, --squeeze-blank never more than one single blank line\n\ + -s, --squeeze-blank suppress repeated empty output lines\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -t equivalent to -vT\n\ |