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| author | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> | 2009-05-20 06:32:10 -0600 |
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| committer | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> | 2009-05-29 16:14:56 -0600 |
| commit | c43333419bad3408529bb356cd167f91b6d4f6b2 (patch) | |
| tree | c37136333340a0af296b9944711a8a9561b7e5d5 /src/head.c | |
| parent | 159faba1376ffd5a46fe4bbc780d85dd3e502cea (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-c43333419bad3408529bb356cd167f91b6d4f6b2.tar.xz | |
head, tail: make --help less ambiguous
* src/head.c (usage): Use -n K, not -n N, to avoid confusion.
* src/tail.c (usage): Likewise.
* doc/coreutils.texi (head invocation, tail invocation):
Likewise.
Reported by Christophe Lyon.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/head.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/head.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/head.c b/src/head.c index 7f90d4b29..c96f91009 100644 --- a/src/head.c +++ b/src/head.c @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ /* head -- output first part of file(s) - Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2006, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2006, 2008-2009 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 @@ -118,12 +119,12 @@ With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ - -c, --bytes=[-]N print the first N bytes of each file;\n\ + -c, --bytes=[-]K print the first K bytes of each file;\n\ with the leading `-', print all but the last\n\ - N bytes of each file\n\ - -n, --lines=[-]N print the first N lines instead of the first 10;\n\ + K bytes of each file\n\ + -n, --lines=[-]K print the first K lines instead of the first 10;\n\ with the leading `-', print all but the last\n\ - N lines of each file\n\ + K lines of each file\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -q, --quiet, --silent never print headers giving file names\n\ @@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout); fputs (_("\ \n\ -N may have a multiplier suffix:\n\ +K may have a multiplier suffix:\n\ b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024,\n\ GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.\n\ "), stdout); |