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2003-08-09.Jim Meyering
2003-08-09*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-08-09(split invocation): Add -d or --numeric-suffixes option to 'split'.Jim Meyering
2003-08-06.Jim Meyering
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2003-08-01(General date syntax): Add --rfc-2822 option to GNU date.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.
2003-07-31*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-07-31(Relative items in date strings): Warn about fuzz in relative units.Jim Meyering
2003-07-29.Jim Meyering
2003-07-29(tail invocation): Restore two end-of-sentenceJim Meyering
words that were mistakenly removed on 2002-09-13.
2003-07-28*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-07-28(dd invocation): Explain that a SIGUSR1 signalJim Meyering
makes dd give a progress report to stderr.
2003-07-26*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-07-26Document changes of 2003-07-24.Jim Meyering
2003-07-24*** empty log message ***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.
2003-07-20convert each 8-space prefix to a TABJim Meyering
2003-07-18*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
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*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-07-15(uname invocation): Explain the POSIX terminology behind uname -m and uname -s.Jim Meyering
2003-07-13*** empty log message ***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*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-07-13(chown invocation): Warn that chownJim Meyering
now clears set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits on some systems.
2003-07-12.Jim Meyering
2003-07-11.Jim Meyering
2003-07-10.Jim Meyering
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*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
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.
2003-06-12*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-06-12Also change `lines' to `newlines'.Jim Meyering
2003-06-12*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-06-12(wc invocation): Tweak wording: wc prints them inJim Meyering
the order `line, word, byte'. Suggestion from Keith M. Briggs.
2003-06-06.Jim Meyering
2003-06-06.Jim Meyering
2003-05-29.Jim Meyering
2003-05-14*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-05-14(head invocation): Document --bytes=-N and --lines=-N.Jim Meyering
2003-05-14.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*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-05-13*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
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*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering