From ea8348d4e4ac955f915224c1d8c3e9a1362155f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Tim J. Robbins" Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 06:20:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Describe the algorithm used by the -n option. --- usr.bin/cut/cut.1 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 b/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 index b996e4f75f1d..c595e17eb086 100644 --- a/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 +++ b/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 @@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ Output fields are separated by a single occurrence of the field delimiter character. .It Fl n Do not split multi-byte characters. +Characters will only be output if at least one byte is selected, and, +after a prefix of zero or more unselected bytes, the rest of the bytes +that form the character are selected. .It Fl s Suppress lines with no field delimiter characters. Unless specified, lines with no delimiters are passed through unmodified.