From 8180b4573cf0d56ea02e968fbaa06625a8aad71b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Tim J. Robbins" Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 16:55:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Correct the description of the -f option: input and output fields are separated by the field delimiter character, which is not necessarily the tab character. --- usr.bin/cut/cut.1 | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 b/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 index 7c99a006aa2..b996e4f75f1 100644 --- a/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 +++ b/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 @@ -109,8 +109,12 @@ as the field delimiter character instead of the tab character. .It Fl f Ar list The .Ar list -specifies fields, delimited in the input by a single tab character. -Output fields are separated by a single tab character. +specifies fields, separated in the input by the field delimiter character +(see the +.Fl d +option.) +Output fields are separated by a single occurrence of the field delimiter +character. .It Fl n Do not split multi-byte characters. .It Fl s