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authortjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org>2004-06-28 06:20:28 +0000
committertjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org>2004-06-28 06:20:28 +0000
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Describe the algorithm used by the -n option.
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@@ -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.
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