On 06/09/2010 11:25 AM, Chas. Owens wrote:
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> That would work as well. I suggested removing the "all" because it
> was the simplest solution and would move the text closer to what BSD
> uses, but this spells out the behavior explicitly.
>
> On Wed, Jun
That would work as well. I suggested removing the "all" because it
was the simplest solution and would move the text closer to what BSD
uses, but this spells out the behavior explicitly.
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 13:17, Eric Blake wrote:
> * src/cat.c (usage): Clarify that -b overrides -n.
> * doc/
* src/cat.c (usage): Clarify that -b overrides -n.
* doc/coreutils.texi (cat invocation): Likewise.
* THANKS: Update.
Suggested by Chas. Owens, in bug 6383.
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> The -n option is documented as "number all output lines", but when -b
> is present it only numbers non-blank lines. The documentation
