From bdb228e14ac13eeb34601f7f360692cfd467e945 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 17:46:21 +0200
Subject: read: add -c flag to copy bytes instead of lines

---
 sys/man/1/cat | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'sys/man/1/cat')

diff --git a/sys/man/1/cat b/sys/man/1/cat
index 837feb7ae..778cb5b42 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/cat
+++ b/sys/man/1/cat
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ cat, read \- catenate files
 .B -m
 ] [
 .B -n
-.I nline
+.I nlines
+] [
+.B -c
+.I nbytes
 ] [
 .I file ...
 ]
@@ -54,9 +57,21 @@ The
 flag causes it to continue reading and writing multiple lines until end of file;
 .B -n
 causes it to read no more than
-.I nline
+.I nlines
 lines.
 .PP
+With the
+.B -c
+flag,
+.I read
+copies exactly
+.I nbytes
+of characters instead of lines. It is mutually exclusive with
+.B -n
+and
+.B -m
+flag.
+.PP
 .I Read
 always executes a single
 .B write
-- 
cgit v1.2.3