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authorPádraig Brady2012-09-26 23:20:07 +0200
committerKarel Zak2012-10-02 10:24:55 +0200
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column: clarify the --separator option
Indicate that the string is a set, which also clarifies that it's only significant when parsing the input.
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@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ Output is formatted to a width specified as number of characters.
Determine the number of columns the input contains and create a table.
Columns are delimited with whitespace, by default, or with the characters
supplied using the separator. Table output is useful for pretty-printing.
-.IP "\fB\-s, \-\-separator\fP \fIseparator\fP"
-Specify table separator (default is whitespace).
+.IP "\fB\-s, \-\-separator\fP \fIseparators\fP"
+Specify possible table delimiters (default is whitespace).
.IP "\fB\-x, \-\-fillrows\fP"
Fill columns before filling rows.
.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"