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authorRuediger Meier2017-06-25 20:43:44 +0200
committerRuediger Meier2017-06-27 12:28:44 +0200
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parentmisc: consolidate all --help option descriptions (diff)
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blockdev: improve --help and man page
Signed-off-by: Ruediger Meier <ruediger.meier@ga-group.nl>
Diffstat (limited to 'disk-utils/blockdev.8')
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diff --git a/disk-utils/blockdev.8 b/disk-utils/blockdev.8
index c9eeb9b41..0f3291391 100644
--- a/disk-utils/blockdev.8
+++ b/disk-utils/blockdev.8
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ blockdev \- call block device ioctls from the command line
.B blockdev
.B \-\-report
.RI [ device \&...\&]
+.br
+.B blockdev
+.RB \-h | \-V
.SH DESCRIPTION
The utility
.B blockdev
allows one to call block device ioctls from the command line.
.SH OPTIONS
-.IP "\fB\-V\fP"
-Print version and exit.
.IP "\fB\-q\fP"
Be quiet.
.IP "\fB\-v\fP"
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ Be verbose.
Print a report for the specified device. It is possible to give multiple
devices. If none is given, all devices which appear in /proc/partitions are
shown. Note that the partition StartSec is in 512-byte sectors.
+.IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR"
+Display help text and exit.
+.IP "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR"
+Print version and exit.
.SH COMMANDS
It is possible to give multiple devices and multiple commands.
.IP "\fB\-\-flushbufs\fP"