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About the modifier of -k option in sort

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6442: closed (About the modifier of -k option in sort)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:25:01 +0000

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From: Peng Yu <pengyu.ut <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: About the modifier of -k option in sort
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:07:27 -0500

Hello,

The modifiers of -k are discussed in the examples in 'info sort'
rather than in the main entry of "-k". I feel that this be improved by
clearly describe each modifier under the main entry of "-k". It is not
very clear to how many modifiers there are.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: 6442-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6442: About the modifier of -k option in sort
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:24:47 +0100

I've applied this doc tweak:

On 17/06/10 09:30, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> --- a/src/sort.c
> +++ b/src/sort.c
> @@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ Other options:\n\
>  "), stdout);
>        fputs (_("\
>    -k, --key=POS1[,POS2]     start a key at POS1 (origin 1), end it at POS2\n\
> -                            (default end of line)\n\
> +                            (default end of line).  See POS syntax below\n\
>    -m, --merge               merge already sorted files; do not sort\n\
>  "), stdout);
>        fputs (_("\

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