From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:52:14 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: doc: cut: mention the default -O used with -w
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doc: cut: mention the default -O used with -w

* doc/coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Mention the default
--output-delimiter is a TAB when matching runs of blanks in the input.
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 4aed049dd3..025cfa823f 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -6223,7 +6223,8 @@ for it to be selected.
 @optItem{cut,-O,@w{ }@var{string}}
 @optItemx{cut,--output-delimiter,=@var{string}}
 With @option{-f}, output fields are separated by @var{string}.
-The default with @option{-f} is to use the input delimiter.
+The default with @option{-f} is to use the input delimiter,
+or with @option{-w} the TAB character.
 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 non-overlapping