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[PATCH] doc: improve factor example
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
[PATCH] doc: improve factor example |
Date: |
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:41:24 +0100 |
FYI, I read part the "info factor" documentation today
and spotted/fixed a couple of nits in an example:
>From ed71262bc258311690e7761154f8413465d9c78e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:39:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: improve factor example
* doc/coreutils.texi (factor invocation): Adjust example to use $(...)
consistently, not a mix of `...` and $(...). Separate the computation
of the product and the actual factorization, so the timing of the
latter doesn't include the cost of the former.
---
doc/coreutils.texi | 6 ++++--
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index c26a53d..c229f98 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -15964,8 +15964,10 @@ factor invocation
takes about 30 milliseconds of CPU time on a 2.2 GHz Athlon.
@example
-M8=`echo 2^31-1|bc` ; M9=`echo 2^61-1|bc`
-/usr/bin/time -f '%U' factor $(echo "$M8 * $M9" | bc)
+M8=$(echo 2^31-1|bc)
+M9=$(echo 2^61-1|bc)
+n=$(echo "$M8 * $M9" | bc)
+/usr/bin/time -f %U factor $n
4951760154835678088235319297: 2147483647 2305843009213693951
0.03
@end example
--
1.7.8.354.g4f48c
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