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RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/nl/nl.1,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- src/usr.bin/nl/nl.1	2013/09/08 20:23:34	1.2
+++ src/usr.bin/nl/nl.1	2013/09/09 19:12:18	1.3
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: nl.1,v 1.2 2013/09/08 20:23:34 jmc Exp $
-.\"	$NetBSD: nl.1,v 1.13 2013/05/01 20:53:59 christos Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: nl.1,v 1.3 2013/09/09 19:12:18 jca Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: nl.1,v 1.14 2013/09/09 09:02:25 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 8 2013 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 9 2013 $
 .Dt NL 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -52,16 +52,12 @@
 The
 .Nm
 utility reads lines from the named
-.Ar file ,
+.Ar file
+or the standard input if the
+.Ar file
+argument is omitted,
 applies a configurable line numbering filter operation,
 and writes the result to the standard output.
-If
-.Ar file
-is a single dash
-.Pq Sq \&-
-or absent,
-.Nm
-reads from the standard input.
 .Pp
 The
 .Nm
@@ -205,9 +201,12 @@
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
 .Nm
-utility is compliant with the
-.St -p1003.1-2008
-specification.
+utility conforms to
+.St -xpg4.2
+with the exception of not supporting the intermingling of the
+.Ar file
+operand with the options, which the standard considers an obsolescent feature
+to be removed from a further issue.
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm