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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
parented2fcc6f9aa466b2e026af88fd3bd712e007da25 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-6d988bb20d6382fc62d9ba71317057d9605e505b.tar.xz
(usage): Improve documentation along the lines suggested
by Debian 5.2.1-2.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/cut.c4
-rw-r--r--src/echo.c13
-rw-r--r--src/expr.c5
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/cut.c b/src/cut.c
index d3fa9606b..cf6885e33 100644
--- a/src/cut.c
+++ b/src/cut.c
@@ -211,7 +211,9 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
fputs (_("\
\n\
Use one, and only one of -b, -c or -f. Each LIST is made up of one\n\
-range, or many ranges separated by commas. Each range is one of:\n\
+range, or many ranges separated by commas. Selected input is written\n\
+in the same order that it is read, and is written exactly once.\n\
+Each range is one of:\n\
\n\
N N'th byte, character or field, counted from 1\n\
N- from N'th byte, character or field, to end of line\n\
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 (_("\
diff --git a/src/expr.c b/src/expr.c
index eac5cf17f..2ba533bc8 100644
--- a/src/expr.c
+++ b/src/expr.c
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ Comparisons are arithmetic if both ARGs are numbers, else lexicographical.\n\
Pattern matches return the string matched between \\( and \\) or null; if\n\
\\( and \\) are not used, they return the number of characters matched or 0.\n\
"), stdout);
+ fputs (_("\
+\n\
+Exit status is 0 if EXPRESSION is neither null nor 0, 1 if EXPRESSION is null\n\
+or 0, 2 if EXPRESSION is syntactically invalid, and 3 if an error occurred.\n\
+"), stdout);
printf (_("\nReport bugs to <%s>.\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT);
}
exit (status);