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authorBenno Schulenberg2014-12-14 20:45:31 +0100
committerKarel Zak2014-12-19 09:57:25 +0100
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docs: adjust some formatting and wordings in a handful of man pages
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
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diff --git a/misc-utils/look.1 b/misc-utils/look.1
index 21edb6639..d54751ce7 100644
--- a/misc-utils/look.1
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@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ As
.B look
performs a binary search, the lines in
.I file
-must be sorted (where sort(1) got the same options
+must be sorted (where
+.BR sort (1)
+was given the same options
.BR "\-d " and/or " \-f " that
.B look
is invoked with).
@@ -78,11 +80,11 @@ Specify a string termination character, i.e. only the characters
in \fIstring\fR up to and including the first occurrence of \fIcharacter\fR
are compared.
.TP
-.BR \-h , " \-\-help"
-Display help text and exit.
-.TP
.BR \-V , " \-\-version"
Display version information and exit.
+.TP
+.BR \-h , " \-\-help"
+Display help text and exit.
.PP
The
.B look
@@ -106,8 +108,8 @@ the alternative dictionary
.BR sort (1)
.SH COMPATIBILITY
The original manual page stated that tabs and blank characters participated
-in comparisons when the alphanum option was specified. This was incorrect,
-and the current man page matches the historic implementation.
+in comparisons when the \fB\-\-alphanum\fR option was specified. This was
+incorrect, and the current man page matches the historic implementation.
.SH HISTORY
The
.B look