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-rw-r--r--bash-completion/column3
-rw-r--r--text-utils/column.1.adoc2
-rw-r--r--text-utils/column.c4
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bash-completion/column b/bash-completion/column
index 08d0772200..eea03f35d4 100644
--- a/bash-completion/column
+++ b/bash-completion/column
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ _column_module()
COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "auto never always" -- $cur) )
return 0
;;
- '-s'|'--separator'|'-o'|'--output-separator'|'-n'|'--table-name'|'-O')
+ '-s'|'--separator'|'--input-separator'|'-o'|'--output-separator'|'-n'|'--table-name'|'-O')
COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "string" -- $cur) )
return 0
;;
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ _column_module()
--tree-parent
--output-width
--separator
+ --input-separator
--output-separator
--wrap-separator
--fillrows
diff --git a/text-utils/column.1.adoc b/text-utils/column.1.adoc
index 69f2f794ff..e1e5a1c6f4 100644
--- a/text-utils/column.1.adoc
+++ b/text-utils/column.1.adoc
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Omit printing the header. This option allows having user-supplied column names o
*-o, --output-separator* _string_::
Column delimiter for table output (default is two spaces).
-*-s, --separator* _separators_::
+*-s, --input-separator, --separator* _separators_::
Possible input-item delimiters (default is whitespace).
*-S, --use-spaces* _number_::
diff --git a/text-utils/column.c b/text-utils/column.c
index 7a37cb886c..5a9e9a03b6 100644
--- a/text-utils/column.c
+++ b/text-utils/column.c
@@ -1021,7 +1021,8 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(void)
fputs(_(" -c, --output-width <width> width of output in number of characters\n"), out);
fputs(_(" -o, --output-separator <string> columns separator for table output\n"
" (default is two spaces)\n"), out);
- fputs(_(" -s, --separator <string> possible table delimiters\n"), out);
+ fputs(_(" -s, --input-separator, --separator <string>\n"
+ " possible table delimiters\n"), out);
fputs(_(" -x, --fillrows fill rows before columns\n"), out);
fputs(_(" -S, --use-spaces <number> minimal whitespaces between columns (no tabs)\n"), out);
@@ -1059,6 +1060,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
{ "color", optional_argument, NULL, OPT_COLOR },
{ "fillrows", no_argument, NULL, 'x' },
{ "help", no_argument, NULL, 'h' },
+ { "input-separator", required_argument, NULL, 's' }, /* alias for --separator */
{ "json", no_argument, NULL, 'J' },
{ "keep-empty-lines", no_argument, NULL, 'L' },
{ "output-separator", required_argument, NULL, 'o' },