From 68c1da41505c7008d320da696baa54ffe605da1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 16:31:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (cut invocation): Describe new functionality of --output-delimiter=STR. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index b7184fabec..f2d381b0c3 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -4051,6 +4051,9 @@ options}. @opindex --bytes Print only the bytes in positions listed in @var{byte-list}. Tabs and backspaces are treated like any other character; they take up 1 byte. +If an output delimiter is specified, (see the description of +@option{--output-delimiter}), then output that string between +ranges of selected bytes. @item -c @var{character-list} @itemx --characters=@var{character-list} @@ -4060,6 +4063,9 @@ Print only characters in positions listed in @var{character-list}. The same as @option{-b} for now, but internationalization will change that. Tabs and backspaces are treated like any other character; they take up 1 character. +If an output delimiter is specified, (see the description of +@option{--output-delimiter}), then output that string between +ranges of selected bytes. @item -f @var{field-list} @itemx --fields=@var{field-list} @@ -4090,8 +4096,11 @@ character. Normally, any line without a field separator is printed verbatim. @itemx --output-delimiter=@var{output_delim_string} @opindex --output-delimiter -For @option{-f}, output fields are separated by @var{output_delim_string}. -The default is to use the input delimiter. +With @option{-f}, output fields are separated by @var{output_delim_string}. +The default with @option{-f} is to use the input delimiter. +When using @option{-b} or @option{-c} to select ranges of byte or +character offsets (as opposed to ranges of fields), +output @var{output_delim_string} between ranges of selected bytes. @end table -- 2.47.2