From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 16:28:17 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (usage): Mention white space vs -b and -t options.
X-Git-Tag: COREUTILS-6_0~1183
X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=99f35425a7f1c1c69cc846a6c1bfa61488c15d41;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Fcoreutils.git

(usage): Mention white space vs -b and -t options.
From The Wanderer.
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diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c
index 7de1a41fe..8dc3f9cfa 100644
--- a/src/sort.c
+++ b/src/sort.c
@@ -331,9 +331,10 @@ Other options:\n\
       fputs (_("\
 \n\
 POS is F[.C][OPTS], where F is the field number and C the character position\n\
-in the field.  OPTS is one or more single-letter ordering options, which\n\
-override global ordering options for that key.  If no key is given, use the\n\
-entire line as the key.\n\
+in the field.  If neither the -t nor the -b option is in effect, the characters\n\
+in a field are counted from the beginning of the preceding whitespace.  OPTS is\n\
+one or more single-letter ordering options, which override global ordering\n\
+options for that key.  If no key is given, use the entire line as the key.\n\
 \n\
 SIZE may be followed by the following multiplicative suffixes:\n\
 "), stdout);