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pr: -T wipes out any meaning of -l
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
pr: -T wipes out any meaning of -l |
Date: |
Thu, 20 Mar 2003 15:42:45 +0100 |
address@hidden wrote:
> The man and info pages don't explicitly mention that -T wipes out any
> meaning of -l:
>
> $ yes|sed 500q|pr -l 44 -T|wc -l
> 500
> $ yes|sed 500q|pr -l 44 |wc -l
> 660
> $ yes|sed 500q|pr |wc -l
> 594
>
> Either document or fix it, please.
Thanks for mentioning that.
It looks pretty clear that -T and -l are contradictory.
It would make sense to have the documentation say that -T overrides
any use of -l. Would you like to send such a change?
> P.S. does anybody see these mails I send to bug-coreutils?
Yes, of course :-)
Why do you ask?
- None, jidanni, 2003/03/19
- pr: -T wipes out any meaning of -l,
Jim Meyering <=