[bug #17956] "sort" manual should mention that fields are numbered starting from 1

[anonymous]

URL:
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                 Summary: "sort" manual should mention that fields are
numbered starting from 1
                 Project: GNU Core Utilities
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Monday 10/09/2006 at 18:33 UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open

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Details:

sort (GNU coreutils) 5.97

The manual I'm looking at says "POS is  F[.C][OPTS], where F is  the field
number  and C the character  position  in the  field."

However, it'd be nice if it said "the first field in number 1".






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