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coreutils usage message improvements inspired by Debian
From: |
Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
coreutils usage message improvements inspired by Debian |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:48:12 -0800 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
I installed this, inspired by similar changes in Debain coreutils 5.2.1-2.
2004-11-16 Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
* src/cut.c (usage): Improve documentation along the lines suggested
by Debian 5.2.1-2.
* src/echo.c (usage): Likewise.
* src/expr.c (usage): Likewise.
Index: src/cut.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /fetish/cu/src/cut.c,v
retrieving revision 1.115
diff -p -u -r1.115 cut.c
--- src/cut.c 21 Sep 2004 22:26:42 -0000 1.115
+++ src/cut.c 16 Nov 2004 20:27:47 -0000
@@ -211,7 +211,9 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are
fputs (_("\
\n\
Use one, and only one of -b, -c or -f. Each LIST is made up of one\n\
-range, or many ranges separated by commas. Each range is one of:\n\
+range, or many ranges separated by commas. Selected input is written\n\
+in the same order that it is read, and is written exactly once.\n\
+Each range is one of:\n\
\n\
N N'th byte, character or field, counted from 1\n\
N- from N'th byte, character or field, to end of line\n\
Index: src/echo.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /fetish/cu/src/echo.c,v
retrieving revision 1.56
diff -p -u -r1.56 echo.c
--- src/echo.c 20 Sep 2004 06:32:10 -0000 1.56
+++ src/echo.c 16 Nov 2004 20:27:49 -0000
@@ -65,11 +65,16 @@ usage (int status)
fputs (_("\
Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.\n\
\n\
- -n do not output the trailing newline\n\
- -e enable interpretation of the backslash-escaped characters\n\
- listed below\n\
- -E disable interpretation of those sequences in STRINGs\n\
+ -n do not output the trailing newline\n\
"), stdout);
+ fputs (_(DEFAULT_ECHO_TO_XPG
+ ? "\
+ -e enable interpretation of backslash escapes (default)\n\
+ -E disable interpretation of backslash escapes\n"
+ : "\
+ -e enable interpretation of backslash escapes\n\
+ -E disable interpretation of backslash escapes (default)\n"),
+ stdout);
fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
fputs (_("\
Index: src/expr.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /fetish/cu/src/expr.c,v
retrieving revision 1.96
diff -p -u -r1.96 expr.c
--- src/expr.c 5 Oct 2004 06:33:53 -0000 1.96
+++ src/expr.c 16 Nov 2004 20:27:50 -0000
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ Comparisons are arithmetic if both ARGs
Pattern matches return the string matched between \\( and \\) or null; if\n\
\\( and \\) are not used, they return the number of characters matched or 0.\n\
"), stdout);
+ fputs (_("\
+\n\
+Exit status is 0 if EXPRESSION is neither null nor 0, 1 if EXPRESSION is
null\n\
+or 0, 2 if EXPRESSION is syntactically invalid, and 3 if an error occurred.\n\
+"), stdout);
printf (_("\nReport bugs to <%s>.\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT);
}
exit (status);
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