Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Sat Jun 9 19:23:14 UTC 2012
Modified Files:
src/usr.bin/cut: cut.1
Log Message:
Consistenly mention columns and fields. From Bug Hunting in PR 44747.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.16 -r1.17 src/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
diff -u src/usr.bin/cut/cut.1:1.16 src/usr.bin/cut/cut.1:1.17
--- src/usr.bin/cut/cut.1:1.16 Sun Mar 29 05:58:41 2009
+++ src/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 Sat Jun 9 19:23:14 2012
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: cut.1,v 1.16 2009/03/29 05:58:41 dholland Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: cut.1,v 1.17 2012/06/09 19:23:14 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)cut.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\"
-.Dd December 21, 2008
+.Dd June 9, 2012
.Dt CUT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ The items specified by
.Ar list
can be in terms of column position or in terms of fields delimited
by a special character.
-Column numbering starts from 1.
+Column and field numbering start from 1.
.Pp
.Ar list
is a comma or whitespace separated set of increasing numbers and/or
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ number ranges.
Number ranges consist of a number, a dash
.Pq Li \- ,
and a second number
-and select the fields or columns from the first number to the second,
+and select the columns or fields from the first number to the second,
inclusive.
Numbers or number ranges may be preceded by a dash, which selects all
-fields or columns from 1 to the first number.
+columns or fields from 1 to the first number.
Numbers or number ranges may be followed by a dash, which selects all
-fields or columns from the last number to the end of the line.
+columns or fields from the last number to the end of the line.
Numbers and number ranges may be repeated, overlapping, and in any order.
-It is not an error to select fields or columns not present in the
+It is not an error to select columns or fields not present in the
input line.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
