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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 7ea910ba8..b07a330eb 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -3393,8 +3393,8 @@ r/@var{n} like @samp{l} but use round robin distribution r/@var{k}/@var{n} likewise but output only @var{k}th of @var{n} to stdout @end example -Any excess bytes remaining after dividing the @var{input} -into @var{n} chunks, are assigned to the last chunk. +If the input size is not a multiple of @var{n}, early output files are +one byte longer than later output files, to make up the difference. Any excess bytes appearing after the initial calculation are discarded (except when using @samp{r} mode). @@ -3402,8 +3402,8 @@ All @var{n} files are created even if there are fewer than @var{n} lines, or the @var{input} is truncated. For @samp{l} mode, chunks are approximately @var{input} size / @var{n}. -The @var{input} is partitioned into @var{n} equal sized portions, with -the last assigned any excess. If a line @emph{starts} within a partition +Although the @var{input} is still partitioned as before into @var{n} regions +of approximately equal size, if a line @emph{starts} within a partition it is written completely to the corresponding file. Since lines or records are not split even if they overlap a partition, the files written can be larger or smaller than the partition size, and even empty |