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(sort invocation): Clarify how -t works when

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a sort key specifies a range of fields.  From Karl O. Pinc.
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Jim Meyering 2000-12-02 14:28:11 +00:00
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@ -2269,7 +2269,9 @@ string between a non-whitespace character and a whitespace character.
That is, given the input line @w{@samp{ foo bar}}, @code{sort} breaks it
into fields @w{@samp{ foo}} and @w{@samp{ bar}}. The field separator is
not considered to be part of either the field preceding or the field
following.
following. But note that sort fields that extend to the end of the line,
as @samp{-k 2}, or sort fields consisting of a range, as @samp{-k 2,3},
retain the field separators present between the endpoints of the range.
@item -T @var{tempdir}
@opindex -T