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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 433b37f8f..fa51b3411 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ to the output line generated by the type specification. @table @samp @item a -named character +named character, ignoring high-order bit @item c @acronym{ASCII} character or backslash escape, @item d @@ -1623,7 +1623,9 @@ hexadecimal @end table The type @code{a} outputs things like @samp{sp} for space, @samp{nl} for -newline, and @samp{nul} for a null (zero) byte. Type @code{c} outputs +newline, and @samp{nul} for a null (zero) byte. Only the least significant +seven bits of each byte is used; the high-order bit is ignored. +Type @code{c} outputs @samp{ }, @samp{\n}, and @code{\0}, respectively. @cindex type size |