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author | Tim J. Robbins <tjr@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-06-28 06:20:28 +0000 |
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committer | Tim J. Robbins <tjr@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-06-28 06:20:28 +0000 |
commit | ea8348d4e4ac955f915224c1d8c3e9a1362155f9 (patch) | |
tree | 9b0da39dc2c2a30891d64f3b99b3b46eb5453c48 /usr.bin/cut | |
parent | 3b90bf797f06d87c7eca9be5d0a09ed9c232a1ec (diff) | |
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Describe the algorithm used by the -n option.
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=131227
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diff --git a/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 b/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 index b996e4f75f1d..c595e17eb086 100644 --- a/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 +++ b/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 @@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ Output fields are separated by a single occurrence of the field delimiter character. .It Fl n Do not split multi-byte characters. +Characters will only be output if at least one byte is selected, and, +after a prefix of zero or more unselected bytes, the rest of the bytes +that form the character are selected. .It Fl s Suppress lines with no field delimiter characters. Unless specified, lines with no delimiters are passed through unmodified. |