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authortjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org>2004-06-27 16:55:25 +0000
committertjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org>2004-06-27 16:55:25 +0000
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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.
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@@ -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
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