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| author | Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net> | 2008-08-27 23:34:08 +0200 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2008-09-19 12:27:37 +0200 |
| commit | 2f776f309616a684d2f333f1047e3f42f4e2c05c (patch) | |
| tree | 96daf38f4adc0ea8b7d79397f9b65e22ed52d5df /src | |
| parent | 13edec7c62a67dd77a69353baad70f942179ebca (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-2f776f309616a684d2f333f1047e3f42f4e2c05c.tar.xz | |
tail --help: move the --retry entry into alphabetical order
* src/tail.c (usage): Also simplify --retry description, split a
long string in two, remove a stray period, and add the usual indent.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index 2fcd4cfdf..a7d449593 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -225,10 +225,6 @@ 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 (_("\ - --retry keep trying to open a file even if it is\n\ - inaccessible when tail starts or if it becomes\n\ - inaccessible later; useful when following by name,\n\ - i.e., with --follow=name\n\ -c, --bytes=N output the last N bytes; alternatively, use +N to\n\ output bytes starting with the Nth of each file\n\ "), stdout); @@ -254,8 +250,13 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ fputs (_("\ --pid=PID with -f, terminate after process ID, PID dies\n\ -q, --quiet, --silent never output headers giving file names\n\ + --retry keep trying to open a file even when it is or\n\ + becomes inaccessible; useful when following by\n\ + name, i.e., with --follow=name\n\ +"), stdout); + fputs (_("\ -s, --sleep-interval=S with -f, sleep for approximately S seconds\n\ - (default 1.0) between iterations.\n\ + (default 1.0) between iterations\n\ -v, --verbose always output headers giving file names\n\ "), stdout); fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout); |