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diff --git a/doc/textutils.texi b/doc/textutils.texi index 000670864..d1fdaffc7 100644 --- a/doc/textutils.texi +++ b/doc/textutils.texi @@ -2190,8 +2190,10 @@ check that no pair of consecutive lines compares equal. @cindex sort field The recommended, @sc{POSIX}, option for specifying a sort field. The field consists of the part of the line between @var{pos1} and @var{pos2} (or the -end of the line, if @var{pos2} is omitted), inclusive. Fields and -character positions are numbered starting with 1. See below. +end of the line, if @var{pos2} is omitted), @emph{inclusive}. +Fields and character positions are numbered starting with 1. +So to sort on the second field, you'd use @samp{-k 2,2} +See below for more examples. @item -z @opindex -z |