From e31480005af57d7ac29d4d9562c3e7b200dbc7ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 07:24:31 +0000 Subject: (join invocation): Mention that blank separators in the -o option need to be quoted. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 5b0071cea..7a811be5f 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -4725,6 +4725,10 @@ field specification notation. The elements in @var{field-list} are separated by commas or blanks. +Blank separators typically need to be quoted for the shell. For +example, the commands @samp{join -o 1.2,2.2} and @samp{join -o '1.2 +2.2'} are equivalent. + All output lines---including those printed because of any -a or -v option---are subject to the specified @var{field-list}. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2