maint: fix common spelling errors

These were identified using: https://github.com/lyda/misspell-check
executed like: git ls-files | misspellings -f -

* src/cat.c: Correct a spelling error.
* src/comm.c: Likewise.
* src/expr.c: Likewise.
* src/pr.c: Likewise.
* src/tac.c: Likewise.
* src/test.c: Likewise.
* src/ChangeLog-2005: Likewise.
* src/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise.
* src/NEWS: Likewise.
* src/doc/coreutils.texi: Likewise.
* src/lib/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise.
* src/man/help2man: Likewise.
* src/old/fileutils/ChangeLog-1997: Likewise.
* src/old/fileutils/NEWS: Likewise.
* src/old/sh-utils/ChangeLog.0: Likewise.
* src/old/textutils/ChangeLog: Likewise.
* src/tests/misc/comm: Likewise.
* src/tests/misc/uniq: Likewise.
* src/tests/mv/dir2dir: Likewise.
* src/cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): update with `make update-NEWS-hash`

20 files changed, 33 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog-2005 b/ChangeLog-2005
index c33492791..6da4ad9de 100644
--- a/ChangeLog-2005
+++ b/ChangeLog-2005
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@
 	* tests/Coreutils.pm: New keywords, ENV and ENV_DEL, to support
 	tests/misc/date.
 
-	With todays additions, the generated shell script,
+	With today's additions, the generated shell script,
 	tests/date/date-tests had becoming far too large (over 350KB),
 	so use the superior-but-perl-requiring framework instead.
 	* tests/date/Test.pm: Move all tests from here...
diff --git a/ChangeLog-2007 b/ChangeLog-2007
index c232c2909..76128ec5d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog-2007
+++ b/ChangeLog-2007
@@ -3262,7 +3262,7 @@
 
 	rm without -f: give a better diagnostic when euidaccess fails.
 	* src/remove.c (write_protected_non_symlink): Return int, not bool,
-	so that we can indicate failure too (as a postive error number).
+	so that we can indicate failure too (as a positive error number).
 	(prompt): If write_protected_non_symlink fails, report that error
 	number and fail rather than charging ahead and removing the dubious
 	entry.  Redo the logic of printing a diagnostic so that we need to
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fd563c050..2dc653151 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
   On Solaris 9, many commands would mistakenly treat file/ the same as
   file.  Now, even on such a system, path resolution obeys the POSIX
-  rules that a trailing slash ensures that the preceeding name is a
+  rules that a trailing slash ensures that the preceding name is a
   directory or a symlink to a directory.
 
 ** Changes in behavior
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 ** Changes in behavior
 
   shred, sort, shuf: now use an internal pseudorandom generator by default.
-  This is mainly noticable in shred where the 3 random passes it does by
+  This is mainly noticeable in shred where the 3 random passes it does by
   default should proceed at the speed of the disk.  Previously /dev/urandom
   was used if available, which is relatively slow on GNU/Linux systems.
 
@@ -3368,7 +3368,7 @@ point at which the packages merged to form the coreutils:
 * Any time style can be preceded by "posix-"; this causes "ls" to
   use traditional timestamp format when in the POSIX locale.
 * The default time style is now posix-long-iso instead of posix-iso.
-  Set TIME_STYLE="posix-iso" to revert to the behavior of 4.1.1 thru 4.1.9.
+  Set TIME_STYLE="posix-iso" to revert to the behavior of 4.1.1 through 4.1.9.
 * 'rm dangling-symlink' doesn't prompt [introduced in 4.1.9]
 * stat: remove support for --secure/-s option and related %S and %C format specs
 * stat: rename --link/-l to --dereference/-L.
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 923785e4a..3fce0ab13 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export VERBOSE = yes
 # 4914152 9e
 export XZ_OPT = -8e
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 45d520a814b59efc0d2f4f56fd10c578
+old_NEWS_hash = d2ba572c2f1135b74e24ea3fb20e674e
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = ' && !/^cu_install_program =/'
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 4fb52cba0..61b3c8925 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -14891,7 +14891,7 @@ parsed reliably.  In the following example, @var{release} is
 
 @smallexample
 uname -a
-@result{} Linux dum 2.2.18 #4 SMP Tue Jun 5 11:24:08 PDT 2001 i686@c
+@result{} Linux dumdum 2.2.18 #4 SMP Tue Jun 5 11:24:08 PDT 2001 i686@c
  unknown unknown GNU/Linux
 @end smallexample
 
diff --git a/lib/ChangeLog-2007 b/lib/ChangeLog-2007
index 88198db7a..c9f3c30fc 100644
--- a/lib/ChangeLog-2007
+++ b/lib/ChangeLog-2007
@@ -2729,7 +2729,7 @@
 	(local_zone): Accumulate dsts_seen rather than relying on tm_isdst
 	not being INT_MAX.
 	(get_date): Initialize dsts_seen, and check that it doesn't go over 1.
-	Use pc_rels_seen to decide whther a date is absolute.
+	Use pc_rels_seen to decide whether a date is absolute.
 
 	* getdate.y (number): Don't overwrite year.
 	(get_date): Initialize pc.year.digits to 0, not 4, to enable above
diff --git a/man/help2man b/man/help2man
index 907dd50c8..27d04c9f2 100755
--- a/man/help2man
+++ b/man/help2man
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ if ($opt_output)
 #   <program> ({GNU,Free} <package>) <version>
 #   <program> - {GNU,Free} <package> <version>
 #
-# and seperated from any copyright/author details by a blank line.
+# and separated from any copyright/author details by a blank line.
 
 ($_, $version_text) = split /\n+/, $version_text, 2;
 
diff --git a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog-1997 b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog-1997
index 475f49e2e..53cdf20eb 100644
--- a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog-1997
+++ b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog-1997
@@ -2542,7 +2542,7 @@ Thu Feb 15 23:08:41 1996  Jim Meyering  (meyering@na-net.ornl.gov)
 Mon Feb 12 23:23:25 1996  Jim Meyering  (meyering@na-net.ornl.gov)
 
 	* configure.in (LIBOBJS): Split assignment into two statements to
-	accomodate automake-0.29 buglet.
+	accommodate automake-0.29 buglet.
 
 	Update for automake-0.29.
 	* Makefile.am (CONFIG_HEADER): Don't define.  Automake now does it.
diff --git a/old/fileutils/NEWS b/old/fileutils/NEWS
index 703470770..8432c53a1 100644
--- a/old/fileutils/NEWS
+++ b/old/fileutils/NEWS
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 * Any time style can be preceded by "posix-"; this causes "ls" to
   use traditional timestamp format when in the POSIX locale.
 * The default time style is now posix-long-iso instead of posix-iso.
-  Set TIME_STYLE="posix-iso" to revert to the behavior of 4.1.1 thru 4.1.9.
+  Set TIME_STYLE="posix-iso" to revert to the behavior of 4.1.1 through 4.1.9.
 * `rm dangling-symlink' doesn't prompt [introduced in 4.1.9]
 * stat: remove support for --secure/-s option and related %S and %C format specs
 * stat: rename --link/-l to --dereference/-L.
diff --git a/old/sh-utils/ChangeLog.0 b/old/sh-utils/ChangeLog.0
index 0a2cc9b26..880e3f3ab 100644
--- a/old/sh-utils/ChangeLog.0
+++ b/old/sh-utils/ChangeLog.0
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ Mon Aug 01 21:58:14 1994  Jim Meyering  (meyering@comco.com)
 	* date.1: Correct the documentation, too.
 
 	* date.c (main, show_date): For -u, use gmtime instead of relying on
-	localtime's ability to interpret the TZ enviroment variable.
+	localtime's ability to interpret the TZ environment variable.
 	`date -u' failed (by reporting local time) on romp-ibm-bsd and PCs
 	(DOS and OS/2) running emx 0.8h.  From R. Bernstein
 	<rocky@watson.ibm.com>.
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ Mon Jul 22 15:21:21 1991  David J. MacKenzie  (djm at wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
 
 	* stty.c: Use tcflag_t for termios bitmasks.
 	Use speed_t for speeds.  Use unsigned long for baud rates to
-	accomodate large values, and support 57600 and 115200 if available.
+	accommodate large values, and support 57600 and 115200 if available.
 
 	* date.c, configure: Instead of SIZE_T_MISSING,
 	define size_t if it's missing.
diff --git a/old/textutils/ChangeLog b/old/textutils/ChangeLog
index dd8823283..36f58ffc8 100644
--- a/old/textutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/old/textutils/ChangeLog
@@ -4869,7 +4869,7 @@ Fri Dec 27 17:29:02 1996  Jim Meyering  <meyering@na-net.ornl.gov>
 	this time with duplicates removed.
 
 	* src/pr.c (usage): Break long string literal into two separate
-	printf statements to accomodate default maximum of 2048 characters
+	printf statements to accommodate default maximum of 2048 characters
 	for Irix-4.0.5.  Reported by Kaveh Ghazi.
 
 	* Makefile.am (aclocal.m4): No longer depend on acinclude.m4.
@@ -5203,7 +5203,7 @@ Fri Oct  4 07:20:37 1996  Jim Meyering  <meyering@na-net.ornl.gov>
 	(PACKAGE_VERSION): Remove now-unused variable.
 
 	* lib/long-options.c (parse_long_options): Separate package name
-	and version number to accomodate new --version output requirement.
+	and version number to accommodate new --version output requirement.
 	* lib/long-options.h: Update prototype.
 
 Thu Oct  3 23:27:31 1996  Jim Meyering  <meyering@na-net.ornl.gov>
@@ -5245,7 +5245,7 @@ Thu Sep 26 21:02:54 1996  Jim Meyering  <meyering@na-net.ornl.gov>
 	removed soon.  Using this option can provoke a memory access
 	violation on some systems because of (unavoidable in an efficient
 	implementation) alignment assumptions made by functions in md5.c.
-	md5sum.c could leave the option in and accomodate the alignment
+	md5sum.c could leave the option in and accommodate the alignment
 	restriction, but this option was intended solely for testing, and
 	the tests are now all file-oriented, so it's not necessary.
 
@@ -8697,7 +8697,7 @@ Tue Feb 20 17:09:19 1990  David J. MacKenzie  (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
 Sat Feb 10 02:16:40 1990  David J. MacKenzie  (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
 
 	* cmp.c (cmp): Rename `r' to `first_diff', and `x' to `smaller'.
-	Remove unneccessary variable `c1'.  If -l was given, increase
+	Remove unnecessary variable `c1'.  If -l was given, increase
 	`char_number' by the number of bytes read, after producing output,
 	rather than by the offset of the first differing bytes, before
 	producing output.
diff --git a/src/cat.c b/src/cat.c
index 41a1b4157..9e901e0c9 100644
--- a/src/cat.c
+++ b/src/cat.c
@@ -751,8 +751,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
              A line number requires seldom more than LINE_COUNTER_BUF_LEN
              positions.
 
-             Align the output buffer to a page size boundary, for efficency on
-             some paging implementations, so add PAGE_SIZE - 1 bytes to the
+             Align the output buffer to a page size boundary, for efficiency
+             on some paging implementations, so add PAGE_SIZE - 1 bytes to the
              request to make room for the alignment.  */
 
           outbuf = xmalloc (outsize - 1 + insize * 4 + LINE_COUNTER_BUF_LEN
diff --git a/src/comm.c b/src/comm.c
index 04422d66f..748147aa9 100644
--- a/src/comm.c
+++ b/src/comm.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ writeline (struct linebuffer const *line, FILE *stream, int class)
 
    A message is printed at most once per input file.
 
-   This funtion was copied (nearly) verbatim from 'src/join.c'. */
+   This function was copied (nearly) verbatim from 'src/join.c'. */
 
 static void
 check_order (struct linebuffer const *prev,
diff --git a/src/expr.c b/src/expr.c
index 536801048..700e4afd8 100644
--- a/src/expr.c
+++ b/src/expr.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
    Modified for arbitrary-precision calculation by James Youngman.
 
    This program evaluates expressions.  Each token (operator, operand,
-   parenthesis) of the expression must be a seperate argument.  The
+   parenthesis) of the expression must be a separate argument.  The
    parser used is a reasonably general one, though any incarnation of
    it is language-specific.  It is especially nice for expressions.
 
diff --git a/src/pr.c b/src/pr.c
index 2ea586d29..e97c43445 100644
--- a/src/pr.c
+++ b/src/pr.c
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ init_funcs (void)
   else
     {
       /* When numbering lines of parallel files, we enlarge the
-         first column to accomodate the number.  Looks better than
+         first column to accommodate the number.  Looks better than
          the Sys V approach. */
       if (parallel_files && numbered_lines)
         h_next = h + chars_per_column + number_width;
diff --git a/src/tac.c b/src/tac.c
index 2bf8ad21d..8bef44391 100644
--- a/src/tac.c
+++ b/src/tac.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ tac_seekable (int input_fd, const char *file)
              The source and destination regions probably overlap.  */
           memmove (G_buffer + read_size, G_buffer, saved_record_size);
           past_end = G_buffer + read_size + saved_record_size;
-          /* For non-regexp searches, avoid unneccessary scanning. */
+          /* For non-regexp searches, avoid unnecessary scanning. */
           if (sentinel_length)
             match_start = G_buffer + read_size;
           else
diff --git a/src/test.c b/src/test.c
index 31a64207a..45f2206b2 100644
--- a/src/test.c
+++ b/src/test.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ test_syntax_error (char const *format, char const *arg)
 }
 
 /* Increment our position in the argument list.  Check that we're not
-   past the end of the argument list.  This check is supressed if the
+   past the end of the argument list.  This check is suppressed if the
    argument is false.  */
 
 static void
diff --git a/tests/misc/comm b/tests/misc/comm
index 905b5f862..0de4f6999 100755
--- a/tests/misc/comm
+++ b/tests/misc/comm
@@ -34,25 +34,25 @@ my @Tests =
    # basic operation
    ['basic', @inputs, {OUT=>"1\n\t2\n\t\t3\n"} ],
 
-   # supress lines unique to file 1
+   # suppress lines unique to file 1
    ['opt-1', '-1', @inputs, {OUT=>"2\n\t3\n"} ],
 
-   # supress lines unique to file 2
+   # suppress lines unique to file 2
    ['opt-2', '-2', @inputs, {OUT=>"1\n\t3\n"} ],
 
-   # supress lines that appear in both files
+   # suppress lines that appear in both files
    ['opt-3', '-3', @inputs, {OUT=>"1\n\t2\n"} ],
 
-   # supress lines unique to file 1 and lines unique to file 2
+   # suppress lines unique to file 1 and lines unique to file 2
    ['opt-12', '-1', '-2', @inputs, {OUT=>"3\n"} ],
 
-   # supress lines unique to file 1 and those that appear in both files
+   # suppress lines unique to file 1 and those that appear in both files
    ['opt-13', '-1', '-3', @inputs, {OUT=>"2\n"} ],
 
-   # supress lines unique to file 2 and those that appear in both files
+   # suppress lines unique to file 2 and those that appear in both files
    ['opt-23', '-2', '-3', @inputs, {OUT=>"1\n"} ],
 
-   # supress all output (really?)
+   # suppress all output (really?)
    ['opt-123', '-1', '-2', '-3', @inputs, {OUT=>""} ],
 
    # invalid missing command line argument (1)
diff --git a/tests/misc/uniq b/tests/misc/uniq
index 91028a9c7..d0e6d151a 100755
--- a/tests/misc/uniq
+++ b/tests/misc/uniq
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ my @Tests =
  ['65', qw(-f 1 -w 3), {IN=>"a a a\nb a c\n"}, {OUT=>"a a a\n"}],
  # Make sure we don't break if the file contains \0
  ['90', '', {IN=>"a\0a\na\n"}, {OUT=>"a\0a\na\n"}],
- # Check fields seperated by tabs and by spaces
+ # Check fields separated by tabs and by spaces
  ['91', '', {IN=>"a\ta\na a\n"}, {OUT=>"a\ta\na a\n"}],
  ['92', qw(-f 1), {IN=>"a\ta\na a\n"}, {OUT=>"a\ta\na a\n"}],
  ['93', qw(-f 2), {IN=>"a\ta a\na a a\n"}, {OUT=>"a\ta a\n"}],
diff --git a/tests/mv/dir2dir b/tests/mv/dir2dir
index c170de20a..4322fd23d 100755
--- a/tests/mv/dir2dir
+++ b/tests/mv/dir2dir
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ touch a/t/f || framework_failure_
 
 
 # Expect this to fail with the expected diagnostic.
-# For an interrim (pre-6.0) release, it would give an erroneous
+# For an interim (pre-6.0) release, it would give an erroneous
 # diagnostic about moving one directory to a subdirectory of itself.
 mv b/t a 2> out && fail=1