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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2004-11-16 20:47:28 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2004-11-16 20:47:28 +0000
commit6d988bb20d6382fc62d9ba71317057d9605e505b (patch)
tree78844b21d830a7aea6f8472f636d20ba3776f8ac /src/echo.c
parented2fcc6f9aa466b2e026af88fd3bd712e007da25 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-6d988bb20d6382fc62d9ba71317057d9605e505b.tar.xz
(usage): Improve documentation along the lines suggested
by Debian 5.2.1-2.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/echo.c')
-rw-r--r--src/echo.c13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/echo.c b/src/echo.c
index 1447fcaf8..bf82de993 100644
--- a/src/echo.c
+++ b/src/echo.c
@@ -65,11 +65,16 @@ usage (int status)
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\
+ -n do not output the trailing newline\n\
"), stdout);
+ fputs (_(DEFAULT_ECHO_TO_XPG
+ ? "\
+ -e enable interpretation of backslash escapes (default)\n\
+ -E disable interpretation of backslash escapes\n"
+ : "\
+ -e enable interpretation of backslash escapes\n\
+ -E disable interpretation of backslash escapes (default)\n"),
+ stdout);
fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
fputs (_("\