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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 08316c928..9197cb426 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -16892,9 +16892,19 @@ Print (to standard error) warning messages about possible erroneous usage. Use the character @var{d} as input field separator (default: whitespace). @emph{Note}: Using non-default delimiter turns off automatic padding. -@item --field=@var{n} +@item --field=@var{fields} @opindex --field -Convert the number in input field @var{n} (default: 1). +Convert the number in input field @var{fields} (default: 1). +@var{fields} supports @command{cut} style field ranges: + +@example +N N'th field, counted from 1 +N- from N'th field, to end of line +N-M from N'th to M'th field (inclusive) +-M from first to M'th field (inclusive) +- all fields +@end example + @item --format=@var{format} @opindex --format |