Describe the algorithm used by the -n option.

This commit is contained in:
Tim J. Robbins 2004-06-28 06:20:28 +00:00
parent 3b90bf797f
commit ea8348d4e4

View File

@ -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.