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[src/trunk]: src/usr.bin/cut Consistenly mention columns and fields. From Bug...
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/3f743bc68611
branches: trunk
changeset: 779670:3f743bc68611
user: wiz <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Sat Jun 09 19:23:14 2012 +0000
description:
Consistenly mention columns and fields. From Bug Hunting in PR 44747.
diffstat:
usr.bin/cut/cut.1 | 14 +++++++-------
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diffs (46 lines):
diff -r 73649d6c380d -r 3f743bc68611 usr.bin/cut/cut.1
--- a/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 Sat Jun 09 19:22:47 2012 +0000
+++ b/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 Sat Jun 09 19:23:14 2012 +0000
@@ -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 @@
.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 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
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