From f7b25021001160429912f4a6927bb93b6fc5535a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2018 21:14:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] doc: csplit: clarify input may not be reproducible from output * doc/coreutils.texi (csplit invocation): Clarify that portions of the input may be skipped and thus the input may not be reproducible by just concatenating the output files. Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/32317 --- doc/coreutils.texi | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index dc28996864..12ddafb884 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -3427,7 +3427,8 @@ The output files' names consist of a prefix (@samp{xx} by default) followed by a suffix. By default, the suffix is an ascending sequence of two-digit decimal numbers from @samp{00} to @samp{99}. In any case, concatenating the output files in sorted order by file name produces the -original input file. +original input file, excluding portions skipped with a %@var{regexp}% +pattern or the @option{--suppress-matched} option. By default, if @command{csplit} encounters an error or receives a hangup, interrupt, quit, or terminate signal, it removes any output files -- 2.47.2