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diff --git a/text-utils/column.1 b/text-utils/column.1 index 9ce5879e5..84243b5bd 100644 --- a/text-utils/column.1 +++ b/text-utils/column.1 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)column.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" -.TH COLUMN 1 "January 2017" "util-linux" "User Commands" +.TH COLUMN 1 "February 2019" "util-linux" "User Commands" .SH NAME column \- columnate lists .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ New output (since util-linux 2.23): a b c 1 3 .EE +.PP +Historical versions of this tool indicated that "rows are filled before +columns" by default, and that the +.B \-x +option reverses this. This wording did not reflect the actual behavior, and it +has since been corrected (see above). Other implementations of +.B column +may continue to use the older documentation, but the behavior should be +identical in any case. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR colrm (1), .BR ls (1), |