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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-12-15 20:46:30 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-12-15 20:46:30 +0000
commit2fae9e5d26536fc61ad06a3d295c9bb8e40d215e (patch)
tree95b997f03d6570981ce5d104a4500b6ffd446768 /src/echo.c
parent9be58099c4347a6bc27609b88b5f3ac8c1e054ac (diff)
downloadcoreutils-2fae9e5d26536fc61ad06a3d295c9bb8e40d215e.tar.xz
Use new macros, HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION and VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
instead of hard-coding --help and --version descriptions. Split --help output into smaller pieces. Use fputs, not printf.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/echo.c')
-rw-r--r--src/echo.c14
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/echo.c b/src/echo.c
index deb22bda1..8dbe53b75 100644
--- a/src/echo.c
+++ b/src/echo.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* echo.c, derived from code echo.c in Bash.
- Copyright (C) 87,89, 1991-1997, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 87,89, 1991-1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -75,15 +75,17 @@ usage (int status)
else
{
printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... [STRING]...\n"), program_name);
- printf (_("\
+ fputs (_("\
Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.\n\
\n\
-n do not output the trailing newline\n\
-e enable interpretation of the backslash-escaped characters\n\
listed below\n\
-E disable interpretation of those sequences in STRINGs\n\
- --help display this help and exit (should be alone)\n\
- --version output version information and exit (should be alone)\n\
+"), stdout);
+ fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
+ fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
+ fputs (_("\
\n\
Without -E, the following sequences are recognized and interpolated:\n\
\n\
@@ -91,13 +93,15 @@ Without -E, the following sequences are recognized and interpolated:\n\
\\\\ backslash\n\
\\a alert (BEL)\n\
\\b backspace\n\
+"), stdout);
+ fputs (_("\
\\c suppress trailing newline\n\
\\f form feed\n\
\\n new line\n\
\\r carriage return\n\
\\t horizontal tab\n\
\\v vertical tab\n\
-"));
+"), stdout);
puts (_("\nReport bugs to <bug-sh-utils@gnu.org>."));
}
exit (status);