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@@ -1706,6 +1706,8 @@ Treat the separator string as a regular expression.
@opindex -s
@opindex --separator
Use @var{separator} as the record separator, instead of newline.
+Note an empty @var{separator} is treated as a zero byte.
+I.e., input and output items are delimited with ASCII NUL.
@end table