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authortrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-23 15:09:56 +0000
committertrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-23 15:09:56 +0000
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Revert previous delta for cut(1) and calendar(1) as they were not applied
correctly. My fault, forgot that -current was checked out.
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@@ -61,15 +61,22 @@ utility selects portions of each line (as specified by
.Ar list )
from each
.Ar file
-(or the standard input by default), and writes them to the
-standard output.
+and writes them to the standard output.
+If no
+.Ar file
+arguments are specified, or a file argument is a single dash
+.Pq Sq Fl ,
+.Nm
+reads from from the standard input.
The items specified by
.Ar list
can be in terms of column position or in terms of fields delimited
by a special character.
Column numbering starts from 1.
.Pp
+The
.Ar list
+option argument
is a comma or whitespace separated set of increasing numbers and/or
number ranges.
Number ranges consist of a number, a dash
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