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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2004-02-21 09:21:15 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2004-02-21 09:21:15 +0000
commit3fd433e9d32353f17b781053faa56f3149942694 (patch)
tree7de3152764156a4b9ca194f4f24918b167ac6134
parent47c4268b6b33473201e2e3d691b87effa82e1b70 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-3fd433e9d32353f17b781053faa56f3149942694.tar.xz
(usage): Tell what comm does when there are no options.
Reword in terms of FILE1 and FILE2 rather than `left file' and `right file'. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
-rw-r--r--src/comm.c16
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/comm.c b/src/comm.c
index a2541433f..e7acf3393 100644
--- a/src/comm.c
+++ b/src/comm.c
@@ -70,14 +70,22 @@ usage (int status)
else
{
printf (_("\
-Usage: %s [OPTION]... LEFT_FILE RIGHT_FILE\n\
+Usage: %s [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2\n\
"),
program_name);
fputs (_("\
-Compare sorted files LEFT_FILE and RIGHT_FILE line by line.\n\
+Compare sorted files FILE1 and FILE2 line by line.\n\
+"), stdout);
+ fputs (_("\
+\n\
+With no options, produce three-column output. Column one contains\n\
+lines unique to FILE1, column two contains lines unique to FILE2,\n\
+and column three contains lines common to both files.\n\
+"), stdout);
+ fputs (_("\
\n\
- -1 suppress lines unique to left file\n\
- -2 suppress lines unique to right file\n\
+ -1 suppress lines unique to FILE1\n\
+ -2 suppress lines unique to FILE2\n\
-3 suppress lines that appear in both files\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);