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authortrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-22 21:14:16 +0000
committertrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-22 21:14:16 +0000
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MFC: Fix some grammar, greater reduce diffs to HEAD
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@@ -61,22 +61,15 @@ utility selects portions of each line (as specified by
.Ar list )
from each
.Ar file
-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.
+(or the standard input by default), and writes them to the
+standard output.
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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