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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 6a69b75ca..4ae06c30b 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -3181,9 +3181,14 @@ specified, will auto increase the length by 2 as required. @opindex --numeric-suffixes Use digits in suffixes rather than lower-case letters. The numerical suffix counts from @var{from} if specified, 0 otherwise. -Note specifying a @var{from} value also disables the default -auto suffix length expansion described above, and so you may also -want to specify @option{-a} to allow suffixes beyond @samp{99}. + +@var{from} is used to either set the initial suffix for a single run, +or to set the suffix offset for independently split inputs, and consequently +the auto suffix length expansion described above is disabled. Therefore +you may also want to use option @option{-a} to allow suffixes beyond @samp{99}. +Note if option @option{--number} is specified and the number of files is less +than @var{from}, a single run is assumed and the minimum suffix length +required is automatically determined. @item --additional-suffix=@var{suffix} @opindex --additional-suffix |