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| author | Benno Schulenberg | 2014-07-15 23:07:36 +0200 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2014-07-16 12:03:25 +0200 |
| commit | 07990fdcd4e71ebc5a6a0029a183ad58d8b7b209 (patch) | |
| tree | 7d4e59165803fcc05d31bae32458d2b043244082 /text-utils/col.1 | |
| parent | lslogins: make --notruncate more robust (diff) | |
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docs: bring several man pages closer to standard formatting
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'text-utils/col.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | text-utils/col.1 | 31 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/text-utils/col.1 b/text-utils/col.1 index c6aa8c4fa..0a5c884de 100644 --- a/text-utils/col.1 +++ b/text-utils/col.1 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)col.1 6.8 (Berkeley) 6/17/91 .\" -.TH COL "1" "September 2011" "util-linux" "User Commands" +.TH COL "1" "July 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands" .SH NAME col - filter reverse line feeds from input .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ col - filter reverse line feeds from input .SH DESCRIPTION .B col filters out reverse (and half-reverse) line feeds so the output is in the -correct order with only forward and half-forward line feeds, and replaces -white-space characters with tabs where possible. This can be useful in +correct order, with only forward and half-forward line feeds. It also replaces +any whitespace characters with tabs where possible. This can be useful in processing the output of .BR nroff (1) and @@ -59,29 +59,26 @@ Do not output any backspaces, printing only the last character written to each column position. .TP \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-fine\fR -Forward half line feeds are permitted -.I fine -mode. Normally characters printed on a half-line boundary are printed on the +Permit half-forward line feeds. +Normally characters destined for a half-line boundary are printed on the following line. .TP -\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pass\fR -Force unknown control sequences to be passed through unchanged. Normally, -.B col -will filter out any control sequences from the input other than those -recognized and interpreted by itself, which are listed below. -.TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-tabs\fR Output tabs instead of multiple spaces. .TP -\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-spaces\fR -Output multiple spaces instead of tabs. -.It Fl l, Fl Fl lines Ar num -.TP \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR \fInumber\fR Buffer at least .I number lines in memory. By default, 128 lines are buffered. -.It Fl V, Fl Fl version +.TP +\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pass\fR +Force unknown control sequences to be passed through unchanged. Normally +.B col +will filter out any control sequences other than those +recognized and interpreted by itself, which are listed below. +.TP +\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-spaces\fR +Output multiple spaces instead of tabs. .TP \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR Display version information and exit. |