From 39285f6008a26ff1d5facbffcbf12f57d60564d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pádraig Brady
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 17:28:51 +0100
Subject: doc: clarify the operation of the comm -123 parameters
* src/comm.c (usage): give more information on the -123 parameters,
with examples to show that they can be combined.
Addresses .
* doc/coreutils.texi (comm invocation): Mention that the
column separators are suppressed along with the column.
Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
* man/comm.x: Reference other commands that match adjacent lines.
* man/join.x: ditto.
* man/uniq.x: ditto.
---
doc/coreutils.texi | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
(limited to 'doc')
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index b96fdb202..1a3075ffe 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -4565,7 +4565,7 @@ Columns are separated by a single TAB character.
@opindex -2
@opindex -3
The options @option{-1}, @option{-2}, and @option{-3} suppress printing of
-the corresponding columns. Also see @ref{Common options}.
+the corresponding columns (and separators). Also see @ref{Common options}.
Unlike some other comparison utilities, @command{comm} has an exit
status that does not depend on the result of the comparison.
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