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| author | Sami Kerola | 2011-04-06 21:31:03 +0200 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2011-04-12 11:29:13 +0200 |
| commit | e89c3891a5985cb922c098bd8195a9159b878455 (patch) | |
| tree | 0ea7372b330115e26bb94b76e06a9ee028f61e24 /term-utils/wall.1 | |
| parent | ttymsg: fix compiler warnings and use EXIT_ (diff) | |
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wall: add long options and 79 char cut info to the man page
Mention that over 79 characters long lines are cut, while long
options is an obvious change.
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Diffstat (limited to 'term-utils/wall.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | term-utils/wall.1 | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/term-utils/wall.1 b/term-utils/wall.1 index 6a511d593..dbc7105be 100644 --- a/term-utils/wall.1 +++ b/term-utils/wall.1 @@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ displays the contents of .Ar file or, by default, its standard input, on the terminals of all -currently logged in users. +currently logged in users. The command will cut over 79 character +long lines to new lines. Short lines are white space padded to +have 79 characters. The command will always put carriage return +and new line at the end of each line. .Pp Only the super-user can write on the terminals of users who have chosen @@ -58,7 +61,13 @@ automatically denies messages. Reading from a file is refused when the invoker is not superuser and the program is suid or sgid. .Sh OPTIONS - -n Supress banner +.Bl -tag -width Fl +.It Fl n, Fl Fl nobanner +Supress banner +.It Fl V, Fl Fl version +Output version and exit. +.It Fl h, Fl Fl help +Output help and exit. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr mesg 1 , .Xr talk 1 , |