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| author | Benno Schulenberg | 2014-12-14 20:45:31 +0100 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2014-12-19 09:57:25 +0100 |
| commit | 7ab71099726396380a40b54d32b3ba7ac04fa518 (patch) | |
| tree | 7930a52b9fc905990a1ae39320c1747c0bd8666a /misc-utils/namei.1 | |
| parent | docs: adjust the grammar, text, sorting and formatting of logger man page (diff) | |
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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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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/namei.1 b/misc-utils/namei.1 index 610d97c00..c19ac4656 100644 --- a/misc-utils/namei.1 +++ b/misc-utils/namei.1 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namei \- follow a pathname until a terminal point is found .IR pathname ... .SH DESCRIPTION .B namei -uses its arguments as pathnames to any type +interprets its arguments as pathnames to any type of Unix file (symlinks, files, directories, and so forth). .B namei then follows each pathname until an endpoint @@ -41,29 +41,37 @@ uses the following characters to identify the file type found: prints an informative message when the maximum number of symbolic links this system can have has been exceeded. .SH OPTIONS -.IP "\fB\-l, \-\-long\fP" -Use the long listing format (same as -m -o -v). -.IP "\fB\-m, \-\-modes\fP" +.TP +.BR \-l , " \-\-long" +Use the long listing format (same as \fB\-m \-o \-v\fR). +.TP +.BR \-m , " \-\-modes" Show the mode bits of each file type in the style of ls(1), for example 'rwxr-xr-x'. -.IP "\fB\-o, \-\-owners\fP" -Show owner and group name of each file. -.IP "\fB\-n, \-\-nosymlinks\fP" +.TP +.BR \-n , " \-\-nosymlinks" Don't follow symlinks. -.IP "\fB\-v, \-\-vertical\fP" +.TP +.BR \-o , " \-\-owners" +Show owner and group name of each file. +.TP +.BR \-v , " \-\-vertical" Vertically align the modes and owners. -.IP "\fB\-x, \-\-mountpoints\fP" +.TP +.BR \-x , " \-\-mountpoints" Show mountpoint directories with a 'D' rather than a 'd'. -.IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR" -Display help text and exit. -.IP "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR" +.TP +.BR \-V , " \-\-version" Display version information and exit. +.TP +.BR \-h , " \-\-help" +Display help text and exit. .SH AUTHOR The original .B namei program was written by Roger Southwick <rogers@amadeus.wr.tek.com>. - -The program was re-written by Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>. +.sp +The program was rewritten by Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>. .SH BUGS To be discovered. .SH "SEE ALSO" |