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Shorthand on the sort page

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 06:28:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9228: closed (Shorthand on the sort page)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:34:02 +0000
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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Shorthand on the sort page
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:05:38 +0800
Shorthand on the sort page

       --sort=WORD
              sort according to WORD: general-numeric  -g,  human-numeric  -h,
              month -M, numeric -n, random -R, version -V

is not going to be understood by the beginner. Sorry.

Only the Info page makes it clear what you are trying to say in this paragraph.


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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: 9228-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9228: Shorthand on the sort page
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:29:03 +0200
jidanni <at> jidanni.org wrote:
> Shorthand on the sort page
>
>        --sort=WORD
>               sort according to WORD: general-numeric  -g,  human-numeric  -h,
>               month -M, numeric -n, random -R, version -V
>
> is not going to be understood by the beginner. Sorry.
>
> Only the Info page makes it clear what you are trying to say in this paragraph.

Thanks, but that is true of many --help/man option descriptions.
That is why at the end of every man page you find a pointer to
the "full documentation":

    info coreutils ...


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