GNU bug report logs - #7250
cat manpage should refer to tac

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From: Rodrigo Campos <rodrigo <at> sdfg.com.ar>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: cat manpage should refer to tac
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:00:40 -0300

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Hi,

Please keep me in Cc: since I'm not subscribed.

'tac' by default does the same as cat, but in reverse order. I didn't know about
'tac' and it took me a while (about 5 minutes, but anyways :-P) to find it. I
think having a "see also tac" on cat's manpage could be useful and save people
some time :)

The attached patch does this. I almost copy from 543696a (doc: add a cross
reference from tac's man page to "rev") so I think it should be ok. But please
let me know.



Thanks a lot,
Rodrigo

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Rodrigo Campos <rodrigo <at> sdfg.com.ar>
Cc: 7250-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7250: cat manpage should refer to tac
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:38:39 +0200

Rodrigo Campos wrote:
> 'tac' by default does the same as cat, but in reverse order. I didn't know about
> 'tac' and it took me a while (about 5 minutes, but anyways :-P) to find it. I
> think having a "see also tac" on cat's manpage could be useful and save people
> some time :)
>
> The attached patch does this. I almost copy from 543696a (doc: add a cross
> reference from tac's man page to "rev") so I think it should be ok. But please
> let me know.
>
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: add a cross reference from cat's man page to "tac"
>
> man/cat.x: See also "tac"

Thank you.  Pushed.
I prepended the usual "* " ChangeLog file name marker in the log message:

* man/cat.x: See also "tac"

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