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authorDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2021-06-14 20:47:20 +0200
committerDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2021-06-14 20:47:20 +0200
commite2b9215868a3d72691e5bc0f887354254606447b (patch)
treed800e563fcd78971be6cd8630fba1d61677975fb /coreutils
parent643b308029ac42f466fa17e4ff400e47003205d9 (diff)
*: --help tweaks
function old new delta packed_usage 33589 33552 -37 Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'coreutils')
-rw-r--r--coreutils/chgrp.c8
-rw-r--r--coreutils/chmod.c7
-rw-r--r--coreutils/chown.c10
-rw-r--r--coreutils/cut.c1
-rw-r--r--coreutils/echo.c6
-rw-r--r--coreutils/id.c2
6 files changed, 22 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/coreutils/chgrp.c b/coreutils/chgrp.c
index 0c2060981..e6ac316e5 100644
--- a/coreutils/chgrp.c
+++ b/coreutils/chgrp.c
@@ -23,13 +23,17 @@
//usage:#define chgrp_trivial_usage
//usage: "[-Rh"IF_DESKTOP("LHPcvf")"]... GROUP FILE..."
//usage:#define chgrp_full_usage "\n\n"
-//usage: "Change the group membership of FILEs to GROUP\n"
-//usage: "\n -R Recurse"
+//usage: "Change the group membership of FILEs to GROUP"
+//usage: "\n"
//usage: "\n -h Affect symlinks instead of symlink targets"
//usage: IF_DESKTOP(
//usage: "\n -L Traverse all symlinks to directories"
//usage: "\n -H Traverse symlinks on command line only"
//usage: "\n -P Don't traverse symlinks (default)"
+//usage: )
+//next 4 options are the same for chmod/chown/chgrp:
+//usage: "\n -R Recurse"
+//usage: IF_DESKTOP(
//usage: "\n -c List changed files"
//usage: "\n -v Verbose"
//usage: "\n -f Hide errors"
diff --git a/coreutils/chmod.c b/coreutils/chmod.c
index d2988c490..e260adab2 100644
--- a/coreutils/chmod.c
+++ b/coreutils/chmod.c
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@
//usage:#define chmod_trivial_usage
//usage: "[-R"IF_DESKTOP("cvf")"] MODE[,MODE]... FILE..."
//usage:#define chmod_full_usage "\n\n"
-//usage: "Each MODE is one or more of the letters ugoa, one of the\n"
-//usage: "symbols +-= and one or more of the letters rwxst\n"
+//usage: "MODE is octal number (bit pattern sstrwxrwxrwx) or [ugoa]{+|-|=}[rwxXst]"
+//usage: "\n"
+//next 4 options are the same for chmod/chown/chgrp:
//usage: "\n -R Recurse"
//usage: IF_DESKTOP(
//usage: "\n -c List changed files"
-//usage: "\n -v List all files"
+//usage: "\n -v Verbose"
//usage: "\n -f Hide errors"
//usage: )
//usage:
diff --git a/coreutils/chown.c b/coreutils/chown.c
index 170507147..528a2a05a 100644
--- a/coreutils/chown.c
+++ b/coreutils/chown.c
@@ -28,15 +28,19 @@
//usage:#define chown_trivial_usage
//usage: "[-Rh"IF_DESKTOP("LHPcvf")"]... USER[:[GRP]] FILE..."
//usage:#define chown_full_usage "\n\n"
-//usage: "Change the owner and/or group of FILEs to USER and/or GRP\n"
-//usage: "\n -R Recurse"
+//usage: "Change the owner and/or group of FILEs to USER and/or GRP"
+//usage: "\n"
//usage: "\n -h Affect symlinks instead of symlink targets"
//usage: IF_DESKTOP(
//usage: "\n -L Traverse all symlinks to directories"
//usage: "\n -H Traverse symlinks on command line only"
//usage: "\n -P Don't traverse symlinks (default)"
+//usage: )
+//next 4 options are the same for chmod/chown/chgrp:
+//usage: "\n -R Recurse"
+//usage: IF_DESKTOP(
//usage: "\n -c List changed files"
-//usage: "\n -v List all files"
+//usage: "\n -v Verbose"
//usage: "\n -f Hide errors"
//usage: )
//usage:
diff --git a/coreutils/cut.c b/coreutils/cut.c
index 5897d82b6..cc3c32576 100644
--- a/coreutils/cut.c
+++ b/coreutils/cut.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
//usage: "\n -s Output only lines containing delimiter"
//usage: "\n -f LIST Print only these fields"
//usage: "\n -n Ignored"
+//(manpage:-n with -b: don't split multibyte characters)
//usage:
//usage:#define cut_example_usage
//usage: "$ echo \"Hello world\" | cut -f 1 -d ' '\n"
diff --git a/coreutils/echo.c b/coreutils/echo.c
index aab177cee..82f0358b6 100644
--- a/coreutils/echo.c
+++ b/coreutils/echo.c
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
//usage:#define echo_trivial_usage
//usage: IF_FEATURE_FANCY_ECHO("[-neE] ") "[ARG]..."
//usage:#define echo_full_usage "\n\n"
-//usage: "Print the specified ARGs to stdout"
+//usage: "Print ARGs to stdout"
//usage: IF_FEATURE_FANCY_ECHO( "\n"
-//usage: "\n -n Suppress trailing newline"
-//usage: "\n -e Interpret backslash escapes (i.e., \\t=tab)"
+//usage: "\n -n No trailing newline"
+//usage: "\n -e Interpret backslash escapes (\\t=tab etc)"
//usage: "\n -E Don't interpret backslash escapes (default)"
//usage: )
//usage:
diff --git a/coreutils/id.c b/coreutils/id.c
index f453a87ae..18bda3c55 100644
--- a/coreutils/id.c
+++ b/coreutils/id.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
//usage:#define groups_trivial_usage
//usage: "[USER]"
//usage:#define groups_full_usage "\n\n"
-//usage: "Print the group memberships of USER or for the current process"
+//usage: "Print the groups USER is in"
//usage:
//usage:#define groups_example_usage
//usage: "$ groups\n"