bug#81536: document sort does not have different input and output separators

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On 02/08/2026 05:52, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> On
> (info "(coreutils) sort invocation")
> ‘-t SEPARATOR’
> ‘--field-separator=SEPARATOR’
> 
> Mention:
> This is used both as the input and output separator.
This would be confusing as sort(1) does not do any inter record mutation at all.
A mention of output separators would suggest otherwise to me at least.

cheers,
Padraig