[Midnightbsd-cvs] src [8487] trunk/usr.bin/cut: consistently mention columsn and fields

[laffer1 at midnightbsd.org]

Revision: 8487
          http://svnweb.midnightbsd.org/src/?rev=8487
Author:   laffer1
Date:     2016-09-18 18:35:39 -0400 (Sun, 18 Sep 2016)
Log Message:
-----------
consistently mention columsn and fields

Modified Paths:
--------------
    trunk/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
    trunk/usr.bin/cut/cut.c

Modified: trunk/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
===================================================================
--- trunk/usr.bin/cut/cut.1	2016-09-18 22:35:17 UTC (rev 8486)
+++ trunk/usr.bin/cut/cut.1	2016-09-18 22:35:39 UTC (rev 8487)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 .Ar list
 can be in terms of column position or in terms of fields delimited
 by a special character.
-Column numbering starts from 1.
+Column and field numbering start from 1.
 .Pp
 The
 .Ar list
@@ -78,14 +78,14 @@
 Number ranges consist of a number, a dash
 .Pq Sq \- ,
 and a second number
-and select the fields or columns from the first number to the second,
+and select the columns or fields from the first number to the second,
 inclusive.
 Numbers or number ranges may be preceded by a dash, which selects all
-fields or columns from 1 to the last number.
+columns or fields from 1 to the last number.
 Numbers or number ranges may be followed by a dash, which selects all
-fields or columns from the last number to the end of the line.
+columns or fields from the last number to the end of the line.
 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
+It is not an error to select columns or fields not present in the
 input line.
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:

Modified: trunk/usr.bin/cut/cut.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/usr.bin/cut/cut.c	2016-09-18 22:35:17 UTC (rev 8486)
+++ trunk/usr.bin/cut/cut.c	2016-09-18 22:35:39 UTC (rev 8487)
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 	 * set a byte in the positions array to indicate if a field or
 	 * column is to be selected; use +1, it's 1-based, not 0-based.
 	 * Numbers and number ranges may be overlapping, repeated, and in
-	 * any order. We handle "-3-5" although there's no real reason too.
+	 * any order. We handle "-3-5" although there's no real reason to.
 	 */
 	for (; (p = strsep(&list, ", \t")) != NULL;) {
 		setautostart = start = stop = 0;
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@
 			}
 		}
 		if (*p)
-			errx(1, "[-cf] list: illegal list value");
+			errx(1, "[-bcf] list: illegal list value");
 		if (!stop || !start)
-			errx(1, "[-cf] list: values may not include zero");
+			errx(1, "[-bcf] list: values may not include zero");
 		if (maxval < stop) {
 			maxval = stop;
 			needpos(maxval + 1);