From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:4914 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751016Ab2IZVye (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:54:34 -0400 From: =?UTF-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Cc: =?UTF-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= Subject: [PATCH] column: clarify the --separator option Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:20:07 +0100 Message-Id: <1348694407-28676-1-git-send-email-P@draigBrady.com> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Indicate that the string is a set, which also clarifies that it's only significant when parsing the input. --- text-utils/column.1 | 4 ++-- text-utils/column.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/text-utils/column.1 b/text-utils/column.1 index 2050666..8a461a8 100644 --- a/text-utils/column.1 +++ b/text-utils/column.1 @@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ Output is formatted to a width specified as number of characters. Determine the number of columns the input contains and create a table. Columns are delimited with whitespace, by default, or with the characters supplied using the separator. Table output is useful for pretty-printing. -.IP "\fB\-s, \-\-separator\fP \fIseparator\fP" -Specify table separator (default is whitespace). +.IP "\fB\-s, \-\-separator\fP \fIseparators\fP" +Specify possible table delimiters (default is whitespace). .IP "\fB\-x, \-\-fillrows\fP" Fill columns before filling rows. .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP" diff --git a/text-utils/column.c b/text-utils/column.c index 61668fd..137c9a6 100644 --- a/text-utils/column.c +++ b/text-utils/column.c @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(int rc) " -V, --version output version information and exit\n" " -c, --columns width of output in number of characters\n" " -t, --table create a table\n" - " -s, --separator table delimiter\n" + " -s, --separator possible table delimiters\n" " -x, --fillrows fill rows before columns\n")); fprintf(out, _("\nFor more information see column(1).\n")); -- 1.7.6.4