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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-11-23 19:58:23 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-11-23 19:58:23 +0000
commit909dc8c01d31c23ffe4e89f4ec68850b5d401662 (patch)
tree88e241a2b384bcd7a33a8f429283540e3d0d2f91 /src/paste.c
parent6f468fedb43dff9e6966ec73d3bb61a28d227484 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-909dc8c01d31c23ffe4e89f4ec68850b5d401662.tar.xz
Factor out some common strings to make translation easier.
Split usage strings so that --help and --version descriptions are alone in their own string. Likewise for the one that says: Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/paste.c')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/paste.c b/src/paste.c
index 061750286..f8ef2ddb2 100644
--- a/src/paste.c
+++ b/src/paste.c
@@ -404,18 +404,27 @@ usage (int status)
Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
"),
program_name);
- printf (_("\
+ fputs (_("\
Write lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding lines from\n\
each FILE, separated by TABs, to standard output.\n\
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\
\n\
+"), stdout);
+ fputs (_("\
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
+"), stdout);
+ fputs (_("\
-d, --delimiters=LIST reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs\n\
-s, --serial paste one file at a time instead of in parallel\n\
+"), stdout);
+ fputs (_("\
--help display this help and exit\n\
--version output version information and exit\n\
+"), stdout);
+ /* FIXME: add a couple of examples. */
+ fputs (_("\
\n\
-"));
+"), stdout);
puts (_("\nReport bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>."));
}
exit (status == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);