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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2006-07-08 05:28:39 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2006-07-08 05:28:39 +0000
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* coreutils.texi: Fix some typos. Use `zeros' consistently (both
`zeros' and `zeroes' are correct).
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--doc/coreutils.texi22
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index af571ed85..35660ff9d 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-07-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Fix some typos. Use `zeros' consistently (both
+ `zeros' and `zeroes' are correct).
+
2006-07-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
* coreutils.texi (tail invocation): With no operand, 'tail -f' now
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index abc226ea7..9fbb7f473 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ System context
* Time conversion specifiers:: %[HIklMNpPrRsSTXzZ]
* Date conversion specifiers:: %[aAbBcCdDeFgGhjmuUVwWxyY]
* Literal conversion specifiers:: %[%nt]
-* Padding and other flags:: Pad with zeroes, spaces, etc.
+* Padding and other flags:: Pad with zeros, spaces, etc.
* Setting the time:: Changing the system clock.
* Options for date:: Instead of the current time.
* Examples of date:: Examples.
@@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@ printed as a single octal number.
If @var{offset} is given, it specifies how many input bytes to skip
before formatting and writing. By default, it is interpreted as an
octal number, but the optional trailing decimal point causes it to be
-interpretated as decimal. If no decimal is specified and the offset
+interpreted as decimal. If no decimal is specified and the offset
begins with @samp{0x} or @samp{0X} it is interpreted as a hexadecimal
number. If there is a trailing @samp{b}, the number of bytes skipped
will be @var{offset} multiplied by 512.
@@ -2065,7 +2065,7 @@ Double space the output.
@cindex time formats
@cindex formatting times
Format header dates using @var{format}, using the same conventions as
-for the the command @samp{date +@var{format}}; @xref{date invocation}.
+for the command @samp{date +@var{format}}; @xref{date invocation}.
Except for directives, which start with
@samp{%}, characters in @var{format} are printed unchanged. You can use
this option to specify an arbitrary string in place of the header date,
@@ -3091,7 +3091,7 @@ options}.
Note: The MD5 digest is more reliable than a simple CRC (provided by
the @command{cksum} command) for detecting accidental file corruption,
-as the chances of accidentally having two files with indentical MD5
+as the chances of accidentally having two files with identical MD5
are vanishingly small. However, it should not be considered truly
secure against malicious tampering: although finding a file with a
given MD5 fingerprint, or modifying a file so as to retain its MD5 are
@@ -5433,7 +5433,7 @@ not imply @option{-a}.) New scripts should use @option{--first-only -t
@itemx --all
@opindex -a
@opindex --all
-Also convert all sequences of two or more blanks just before a tab stop.
+Also convert all sequences of two or more blanks just before a tab stop,
even if they occur after non-blank characters in a line.
@end table
@@ -6051,7 +6051,7 @@ foo.zml-25.gz foo.zml-25.gz
foo.zml-6.gz foo.zml-100.gz
@end example
-Note also that numeric parts with leading zeroes are considered as
+Note also that numeric parts with leading zeros are considered as
fractional one:
@example
@@ -6822,7 +6822,7 @@ Remove each existing destination file before attempting to open it
@findex read @r{system call, and holes}
A @dfn{sparse file} contains @dfn{holes}---a sequence of zero bytes that
does not occupy any physical disk blocks; the @samp{read} system call
-reads these as zeroes. This can both save considerable disk space and
+reads these as zeros. This can both save considerable disk space and
increase speed, since many binary files contain lots of consecutive zero
bytes. By default, @command{cp} detects holes in input source files via a crude
heuristic and makes the corresponding output file sparse as well.
@@ -11966,7 +11966,7 @@ described below.
* Time conversion specifiers:: %[HIklMNpPrRsSTXzZ]
* Date conversion specifiers:: %[aAbBcCdDeFgGhjmuUVwWxyY]
* Literal conversion specifiers:: %[%nt]
-* Padding and other flags:: Pad with zeroes, spaces, etc.
+* Padding and other flags:: Pad with zeros, spaces, etc.
* Setting the time:: Changing the system clock.
* Options for date:: Instead of the current time.
* Examples of date:: Examples.
@@ -12169,7 +12169,7 @@ a horizontal tab
@cindex fields, padding numeric
Unless otherwise specified, @command{date} normally pads numeric fields
-with zeroes, so that, for
+with zeros, so that, for
example, numeric months are always output as two digits.
Seconds since the epoch are not padded, though,
since there is no natural width for them.
@@ -12183,7 +12183,7 @@ following optional flags after the @samp{%}:
human consumption.
@item _
(underscore) Pad with spaces; useful if you need a fixed
-number of characters in the output, but zeroes are too distracting.
+number of characters in the output, but zeros are too distracting.
@item 0
(zero) Pad with zeros even if the conversion specifier
would normally pad with spaces.
@@ -13561,7 +13561,7 @@ The output always terminates with a newline.
@item -w
@itemx --equal-width
-Print all numbers with the same width, by padding with leading zeroes.
+Print all numbers with the same width, by padding with leading zeros.
@var{first}, @var{step}, and @var{last} should all use a fixed point
decimal representation.
(To have other kinds of padding, use @option{--format}).