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bug#9497: join: suggestion for manpage/help enhacement
From: |
Tomas Volka |
Subject: |
bug#9497: join: suggestion for manpage/help enhacement |
Date: |
Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:55:40 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) |
Hi,
i'm using join from time to time with varying parameters,
but just recently, i've spent quite a long time discovering
what's wrong with my command:
ie.: join -a 1 foo bar
Above outputs paired lines *AND* unpairable lines from foo,
but it is not apparent from the --help output and manpage.
join --help states:
-a FILENUM print unpairable lines coming from file FILENUM,
where FILENUM is 1 or 2, corresponding to FILE1 or FILE2
man join states:
-a FILENUM print unpairable lines coming from file FILENUM,
where FILENUM is 1 or 2, corresponding to FILE1 or FILE2
info join states:
`-a FILE-NUMBER' Print a line for each unpairable line in
file FILE-NUMBER (either `1' or `2'), in addition to the normal
output.
Thus i've spent quite some time figuring why is the 'normal output'
showing up in my result, before i discovered the more detailed
description in the info page (and used -v 1 parameter instead).
I suggest to include this important fact in manpage and --help output.
Regards,
Tom
- bug#9497: join: suggestion for manpage/help enhacement,
Tomas Volka <=