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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | THANKS | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 6 |
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2008-02-07 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + Fix a typo in description of size suffixes: s/GB/G/. + * doc/coreutils.texi (od invocation, head invocation, tail invocation): + Spotted by Bert Wesarg. + * NEWS [6.9.90]: Mention the added feature that head, od, split and tail now accept the standard size suffixes (kB, M, MB, G, GB, and so on for T, P, Y, Z, and Y) on arguments to selected options. @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Bernhard Baehr bernhard.baehr@gmx.de Bernhard Gabler bernhard@uni-koblenz.de Bernhard Rosenkraenzer bero@redhat.de Bert Deknuydt Bert.Deknuydt@esat.kuleuven.ac.be +Bert Wesarg bert.wesarg@googlemail.com Bill Peters peters@gaffel.as.arizona.edu Bjorn Helgaas helgaas@rsn.hp.com Bob McCracken kerouac@ravenet.com diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index aca5fbd6a..dfab04001 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ hexadecimal; otherwise, if it begins with @samp{0}, in octal; otherwise, in decimal. Appending @samp{b} multiplies @var{bytes} by 512, @samp{kB} by 1000, @samp{K} by 1024, @samp{MB} by 1000*1000, @samp{M} by 1024*1024, -@samp{GB} by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{GB} by 1024*1024*1024, +@samp{GB} by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{G} by 1024*1024*1024, and so on for @samp{T}, @samp{P}, @samp{E}, @samp{Z}, and @samp{Y}. @item -N @var{bytes} @@ -2501,7 +2501,7 @@ print all but the last @var{n} bytes of each file. Appending @samp{b} multiplies @var{n} by 512, @samp{kB} by 1000, @samp{K} by 1024, @samp{MB} by 1000*1000, @samp{M} by 1024*1024, -@samp{GB} by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{GB} by 1024*1024*1024, +@samp{GB} by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{G} by 1024*1024*1024, and so on for @samp{T}, @samp{P}, @samp{E}, @samp{Z}, and @samp{Y}. @itemx -n @var{n} @@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@ However, if @var{n} starts with a @samp{+}, start printing with the Appending @samp{b} multiplies @var{bytes} by 512, @samp{kB} by 1000, @samp{K} by 1024, @samp{MB} by 1000*1000, @samp{M} by 1024*1024, -@samp{GB} by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{GB} by 1024*1024*1024, +@samp{GB} by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{G} by 1024*1024*1024, and so on for @samp{T}, @samp{P}, @samp{E}, @samp{Z}, and @samp{Y}. @item -f |