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author | Sami Kerola | 2011-05-24 22:56:36 +0200 |
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committer | Karel Zak | 2011-06-01 09:07:58 +0200 |
commit | 0d196114b4332e4281533d1df0f8791d445cb9dd (patch) | |
tree | 4d1316106b7fd9696016b30c1ea08f4ea2579b44 /text-utils | |
parent | col: use long options (diff) | |
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docs: col manual update
Long options, with help & version, added. The commint also has
previously undocumented switch `-h convert spaces to tabs' as a
part of col.1 man page.
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Diffstat (limited to 'text-utils')
-rw-r--r-- | text-utils/col.1 | 18 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/text-utils/col.1 b/text-utils/col.1 index 0e6e13303..fab02d65a 100644 --- a/text-utils/col.1 +++ b/text-utils/col.1 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ .Nd filter reverse line feeds from input .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm col -.Op Fl bfpx +.Op Fl bfphx .Op Fl l Ar num .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm Col @@ -59,26 +59,32 @@ reads from standard input and writes to standard output. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width "-lnum" -.It Fl b +.It Fl b, Fl Fl no-backspaces Do not output any backspaces, printing only the last character written to each column position. -.It Fl f +.It Fl f, Fl Fl fine Forward half line feeds are permitted (``fine'' mode). Normally characters printed on a half line boundary are printed on the following line. -.It Fl p +.It Fl p, Fl Fl pass Force unknown control sequences to be passed through unchanged. Normally, .Nm col will filter out any control sequences from the input other than those recognized and interpreted by itself, which are listed below. -.It Fl x +.It Fl h, Fl Fl tabs +Output tabs instead of multiple spaces. +.It Fl x, Fl Fl spaces Output multiple spaces instead of tabs. -.It Fl l Ns Ar num +.It Fl l, Fl Fl lines Ar num Buffer at least .Ar num lines in memory. By default, 128 lines are buffered. +.It Fl V, Fl Fl version +Output version information and exit. +.It Fl H, Fl Fl help +Output help and exit. .El .Pp The control sequences for carriage motion that |