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-rw-r--r--usr.bin/cut/cut.17
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 b/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
index 732ad1f6364..b02ee555df1 100644
--- a/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
+++ b/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: cut.1,v 1.23 2014/07/10 11:18:32 tedu Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: cut.1,v 1.24 2014/07/10 14:11:56 jmc Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: cut.1,v 1.6 1995/10/02 20:19:26 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ The items specified by
.Ar list
can be in terms of column position or in terms of fields delimited
by a special character.
-Column and field numbering starts from 1.
+Column and field numbering starts from 1;
+output is in the same order as input, not in the order selected.
.Pp
.Ar list
is a comma or whitespace separated set of numbers and/or
@@ -88,8 +89,6 @@ Numbers and number ranges may be repeated, overlapping, and in any order.
It is not an error to select fields or columns not present in the
input line.
.Pp
-Fields are output in the same order as input, not in the order selected.
-.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl b Ar list