The Wanderer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was tripped up by the fact that it is not indicated anywhere in the
> provided documentation that the character count of a field, for the '-k'
> option, is counted from the beginning of the preceding whitespace. The
> attached patch adds to the usage message a somewhat terse note
> explaining the situation.
>
> If there's anything wrong with or otherwise objectionable about this,
> don't hesitate to let me know; I'll either fix it if I can or attempt to
> explain why I don't think it's a problem.
Thanks.
I've applied it.
A ChangeLog entry would have been nice.
2005-12-09 Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* src/sort.c (usage): Mention white space vs -b and -t options.
From The Wanderer.
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