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2003-12-20(du invocation): Describe new option: -0, --null.Jim Meyering
2003-12-08(What information is listed, chroot invocation):Jim Meyering
Adjust example 'ls' output to match new behavior with narrower output columns. (The cut command): Remove example that cut the output of 'ls -l'. The output was incorrect even with the old 'ls', and the whole idea of using 'cut' on 'ls -l' output is bogus anyway.
2003-11-27Tweak mark-up to use @env, not @code in a few places.Jim Meyering
Mark new use of LC_NUMERIC.
2003-11-27Parse floating-point operands and options in the C locale.Jim Meyering
POSIX requires this for printf, and we might as well be consistent elsewhere (tail, sleep, seq). (tail invocation, printf invocation, sleep invocation, seq invocation): Document this.
2003-11-26(Traversing symlinks): Rearrange things.Jim Meyering
(chown invocation): Add xrefs to `Traversing symlinks' for -H, -P, -L. (chgrp invocation): Likewise.
2003-11-24(Traversing symlinks, Treating / specially): New sections.Jim Meyering
(rm invocation, chown invocation, chmod invocation, chgrp invocation): Describe new options, --preserve-root and --no-preserve-root.
2003-11-11(@chownchgrpoptions): add index entry for this.Jim Meyering
2003-11-11(chown invocation) [chownchgrpoptions]: New macroJim Meyering
describing -H, -L, -P options. Use it here. (chgrp invocation): And here.
2003-11-09(dd invocation): Fix typo in example.Jim Meyering
2003-10-15(ln invocation): Note that --directory, -d, -FJim Meyering
probably won't work even for superuser.
2003-10-08(csplit invocation):Jim Meyering
The regexp offset need not have a sign; POSIX requires support for signless offets.
2003-10-03(du invocation): Describe -P, --no-dereference.Jim Meyering
2003-09-28(Translating): Correct typo in menu description.Jim Meyering
2003-09-04(sort invocation): -d now overrides -i.Jim Meyering
"whitespace" -> "blanks"; "whitespace" isn't correct. -t '\0' now specifies a NUL tab.
2003-08-17(who invocation): Begin adding missing option documentation.Jim Meyering
2003-08-17(who invocation): Add an entry for -l, --login.Jim Meyering
Remove `-l' from the entry for --lookup.
2003-08-09(split invocation): Add -d or --numeric-suffixes option to 'split'.Jim Meyering
2003-08-01(Options for date): Fix a typo in format: it's now %d not %_d. Add URLs.Jim Meyering
(Time directives, Options for date, Examples of date): Add --rfc-2822 option to GNU date.
2003-07-29(tail invocation): Restore two end-of-sentenceJim Meyering
words that were mistakenly removed on 2002-09-13.
2003-07-28(dd invocation): Explain that a SIGUSR1 signalJim Meyering
makes dd give a progress report to stderr.
2003-07-26Document changes of 2003-07-24.Jim Meyering
2003-07-24(su invocation): Use `@subsection', not invalid `@heading'.Jim Meyering
2003-07-20wc count field widths now are heuristically adjusted dependingJim Meyering
on the input size, if known. If only one count is printed, it is guaranteed to be printed without leading spaces. Previously, wc did not align the count fields if POSIXLY_CORRECT was set, but POSIX did not actually require this undesirable behavior, so it has been removed. * doc/coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Likewise.
2003-07-18(expr invocation): Exit status is 2 if theJim Meyering
expression is syntactically invalid, 3 if there is some other error. This change is for conformance to POSIX.
2003-07-15(uname invocation): Explain the POSIX terminology behind uname -m and uname -s.Jim Meyering
2003-07-13(nohup invocation): Tell what happens when stdout is not a terminal.Jim Meyering
Based on a suggestion from Steven Mocking.
2003-07-13Use @code, not (nonexistent) @function.Jim Meyering
2003-07-13(chown invocation): Warn that chownJim Meyering
now clears set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits on some systems.
2003-07-10(Standards conformance): Mention that uses likeJim Meyering
`tail -1' and `head -1', like `sort +1', are non conforming. (chown invocation): Say that using `.' as a separator may not work.
2003-06-25(Time directives) [%s]: Add a cross reference to the related examples.Jim Meyering
(Examples of date): Add an @anchor here, along with a few more examples.
2003-06-12Also change `lines' to `newlines'.Jim Meyering
2003-06-12(wc invocation): Tweak wording: wc prints them inJim Meyering
the order `line, word, byte'. Suggestion from Keith M. Briggs.
2003-05-14(head invocation): Document --bytes=-N and --lines=-N.Jim Meyering
2003-05-14(uniq invocation, squeezing, The uniq command):Jim Meyering
Use "repeated" rather than "duplicate" to describe adjacent duplicates; this simplifies the description and makes it more consistent with POSIX. (uniq invocation): Make it clear that -d and -u suppress the output of lines, rather than cause some lines to be output. Mention what happens if a line lacks enough fields or characters.
2003-05-13(true invocation): Mention that it is possible toJim Meyering
make true --help or true --version (in non-POSIX mode) exit nonzero.
2003-05-10(More details about version sort): Note that strverscmp, and henceJim Meyering
`ls -v', does not use LC_COLLATE.
2003-05-10(Exit status): Remove `uniq' from the list. It uses standard exit codes.Jim Meyering
2003-04-23Fix printf POSIX compatibility bug reported by Ben Harris inJim Meyering
<http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2003-04/msg00070.html>. (printf invocation): It's \NNN in the format, \0NNN in the %b operand.
2003-04-10(readlink invocation): Tweak description a little.Jim Meyering
2003-04-02(false invocation): Note that false exitsJim Meyering
unsuccessfully even with --help and --version.
2003-03-27(sort invocation): Describe sort's --stable (-s) option.Jim Meyering
2003-03-27tiny spelling fixJim Meyering
2003-03-27(printf invocation): Fix formatting bugs.Jim Meyering
2003-03-13tweak wordingJim Meyering
2003-03-13(shred invocation): Mention that --exactJim Meyering
is now the default for non-regular files.
2003-03-02tweak wording in last changeJim Meyering
2003-03-02(Exit status): New section.Jim Meyering
2003-02-21(stat invocation): Describe %B.Jim Meyering
2003-02-21(du invocation): Document --apparent-size.Jim Meyering
Adjust documentation of --bytes (-b).
2003-02-07Use @command instead of @code for program names.Jim Meyering