From 49e0862ebbb322693712b393bc7ae13e1d4de918 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 17:53:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (csplit invocation): The regexp offset need not have a sign; POSIX requires support for signless offets. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 812e4a16a2..4e403ea99c 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -2414,8 +2414,8 @@ file once for each repeat. @item /@var{regexp}/[@var{offset}] Create an output file containing the current line up to (but not including) the next line of the input file that contains a match for -@var{regexp}. The optional @var{offset} is a @samp{+} or @samp{-} -followed by a positive integer. If it is given, the input up to the +@var{regexp}. The optional @var{offset} is an integer. +If it is given, the input up to (but not including) the matching line plus or minus @var{offset} is put into the output file, and the line after that begins the next section of input. -- 2.47.2