From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 07:24:31 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (join invocation): Mention that blank separators
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(join invocation): Mention that blank separators
in the -o option need to be quoted.
---

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 5b0071cea6..7a811be5f3 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -4725,6 +4725,10 @@ field specification notation.
 
 The elements in @var{field-list}
 are separated by commas or blanks.
+Blank separators typically need to be quoted for the shell.  For
+example, the commands @samp{join -o 1.2,2.2} and @samp{join -o '1.2
+2.2'} are equivalent.
+
 All output lines---including those printed because of any -a or -v
 option---are subject to the specified @var{field-list}.