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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 2b3d32b94..e3e95f5b6 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -5462,6 +5462,8 @@ locales and options if the output of @command{sort} is fed to sort a file on its default join field, but if you select a non-default locale, join field, separator, or comparison options, then you should do so consistently between @command{join} and @command{sort}. +If @samp{join -t ''} is specified then the whole line is considered which +matches the default operation of sort. If the input has no unpairable lines, a @acronym{GNU} extension is available; the sort order can be any order that considers two fields @@ -5572,7 +5574,10 @@ option---are subject to the specified @var{field-list}. Use character @var{char} as the input and output field separator. Treat as significant each occurrence of @var{char} in the input file. Use @samp{sort -t @var{char}}, without the @option{-b} option of -@samp{sort}, to produce this ordering. +@samp{sort}, to produce this ordering. If @samp{join -t ''} is specified, +the whole line is considered, matching the default operation of sort. +If @samp{-t '\0'} is specified then the @acronym{ASCII} @sc{nul} +character is used to delimit the fields. @item -v @var{file-number} Print a line for each unpairable line in file @var{file-number} |