GNU bug report logs - #6383
cat has misleading documentation

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "Chas. Owens" <chas.owens <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:31:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 8.6

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Chas. Owens" <chas.owens <at> gmail.com>
To: 6383 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6383: cat has misleading documentation
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 09:35:11 -0400
The -n option is documented as "number all output lines", but when -b
is present it only numbers non-blank lines.  The documentation should
read "number output lines".

-- 
Chas. Owens
wonkden.net
The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read.




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