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authorBenno Schulenberg2013-10-14 21:34:39 +0200
committerKarel Zak2013-10-15 10:28:30 +0200
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parentdocs: format, grammarize, and standardize the wall man page (diff)
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docs: standardize the phrases for --help and --version in all man pages
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'login-utils')
-rw-r--r--login-utils/chfn.14
-rw-r--r--login-utils/chsh.14
-rw-r--r--login-utils/login.12
-rw-r--r--login-utils/nologin.84
-rw-r--r--login-utils/sulogin.84
-rw-r--r--login-utils/utmpdump.14
6 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/login-utils/chfn.1 b/login-utils/chfn.1
index 5f87ad713..d519d5407 100644
--- a/login-utils/chfn.1
+++ b/login-utils/chfn.1
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ Specify your office phone number.
Specify your home phone number.
.TP
.B "\-u, \-\-help"
-Print a usage message and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
.TP
.B "-v, \-\-version"
-Print version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
Returns 0 if operation was successful, 1 if operation failed or command syntax was not valid.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
diff --git a/login-utils/chsh.1 b/login-utils/chsh.1
index d597adc38..963a9e44b 100644
--- a/login-utils/chsh.1
+++ b/login-utils/chsh.1
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ Print the list of shells listed in
and exit.
.TP
.B "\-u, \-\-help"
-Print a usage message and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
.TP
.B "-v, \-\-version"
-Print version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
.SH "VALID SHELLS"
.B chsh
will accept the full pathname of any executable file on the system.
diff --git a/login-utils/login.1 b/login-utils/login.1
index 216645ebe..3e9434fce 100644
--- a/login-utils/login.1
+++ b/login-utils/login.1
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ to tell
that printing the hostname should be suppressed in the login: prompt.
.TP
.B \-V
-Print version and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
.SH CONFIG FILE ITEMS
.B login
reads the
diff --git a/login-utils/nologin.8 b/login-utils/nologin.8
index b4e10704e..b7fe1d9cc 100644
--- a/login-utils/nologin.8
+++ b/login-utils/nologin.8
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ is always 1.
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
-Print help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
.IP "\fB-V, \-\-version"
-Print version and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
.SH NOTES
.B nologin
is per-account way to disable login (usually used for system accounts like http or ftp).
diff --git a/login-utils/sulogin.8 b/login-utils/sulogin.8
index b9dec165c..a401446a0 100644
--- a/login-utils/sulogin.8
+++ b/login-utils/sulogin.8
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ shell.
Specify the maximum amount of time to wait for user input. By default,
sulogin will wait forever.
.IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fP"
-Print a help message.
+Display help text and exit.
.IP "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fP"
-Output version.
+Display version information and exit.
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.I sulogin
looks for the environment variable
diff --git a/login-utils/utmpdump.1 b/login-utils/utmpdump.1
index 25f361ad6..70691593f 100644
--- a/login-utils/utmpdump.1
+++ b/login-utils/utmpdump.1
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ Undump, write back edited login information into utmp or wtmp files.
.IP "\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fP \fIfile\fR
Write command output to file instead of standard output.
.IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fP"
-Print a help text and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
.IP "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fP"
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
.SH NOTES
.B utmpdump
can be useful in cases of corrupted utmp or wtmp entries. It can dump