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| author | Benno Schulenberg | 2011-08-28 11:14:42 +0200 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2011-08-29 11:24:47 +0200 |
| commit | 449a215fc50bfa27c4b0f0cb14d1ce04750762c8 (patch) | |
| tree | c208163f90f375516374b9adc63c95e2ebadbb39 /misc-utils/rename.1 | |
| parent | ionice: adjust synopsis and wording and formatting on the man page (diff) | |
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docs: tweak the formatting and wording of several disk-utils man pages
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'misc-utils/rename.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | misc-utils/rename.1 | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/rename.1 b/misc-utils/rename.1 index 0cfe3810e..5f86b235e 100644 --- a/misc-utils/rename.1 +++ b/misc-utils/rename.1 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ rename \- rename files .SH SYNOPSIS .B rename -[\fIoptions\fR] \fIexpression replacement file\fR... +.RI [ options ] " expression replacement file" ... .SH DESCRIPTION .B rename will rename the specified files by replacing the first occurrence of @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Give visual feedback which files where renamed, if any. Display version information and exit. .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR -Display help screen and exit. +Display help text and exit. .SH EXAMPLES Given the files .IR foo1 ", ..., " foo9 ", " foo10 ", ..., " foo278 , @@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ rename .htm .html *.htm .RE will fix the extension of your html files. .SH WARNING -The rename has no safeguards. If user has permission to rewrite file names -the command will perform the action without any questions. For example -result can be quite drastic when the command is ran as root in /lib -directory. Make always a backup before running the command, unless you truly +The renaming has no safeguards. If the user has permission to rewrite file names, +the command will perform the action without any questions. For example, the +result can be quite drastic when the command is run as root in the /lib +directory. Always make a backup before running the command, unless you truly know what you are doing. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR mmv (1), |