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-rw-r--r--src/df.c6
-rw-r--r--src/du.c12
-rw-r--r--src/ls.c44
-rw-r--r--src/rm.c4
-rw-r--r--src/tail.c2
5 files changed, 36 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/src/df.c b/src/df.c
index e01806490..c2c390e3a 100644
--- a/src/df.c
+++ b/src/df.c
@@ -1233,9 +1233,9 @@ or all file systems by default.\n\
fputs (_("\
-a, --all include dummy file systems\n\
- -B, --block-size=SIZE scale sizes by SIZE before printing them. E.g.,\n\
- '-BM' prints sizes in units of 1,048,576 bytes.\n\
- See SIZE format below.\n\
+ -B, --block-size=SIZE scale sizes by SIZE before printing them; e.g.,\n\
+ '-BM' prints sizes in units of 1,048,576 bytes;\n\
+ see SIZE format below\n\
--total produce a grand total\n\
-h, --human-readable print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)\
\n\
diff --git a/src/du.c b/src/du.c
index b8aba0b32..a265b10ba 100644
--- a/src/du.c
+++ b/src/du.c
@@ -298,9 +298,9 @@ Summarize disk usage of each FILE, recursively for directories.\n\
fragmentation, indirect blocks, and the like\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
- -B, --block-size=SIZE scale sizes by SIZE before printing them. E.g.,\n\
- '-BM' prints sizes in units of 1,048,576 bytes.\n\
- See SIZE format below.\n\
+ -B, --block-size=SIZE scale sizes by SIZE before printing them; e.g.,\n\
+ '-BM' prints sizes in units of 1,048,576 bytes;\n\
+ see SIZE format below\n\
-b, --bytes equivalent to '--apparent-size --block-size=1'\n\
-c, --total produce a grand total\n\
-D, --dereference-args dereference only symlinks that are listed on the\n\
@@ -338,9 +338,9 @@ Summarize disk usage of each FILE, recursively for directories.\n\
directory, or any of its subdirectories\n\
--time=WORD show time as WORD instead of modification time:\n\
atime, access, use, ctime or status\n\
- --time-style=STYLE show times using style STYLE:\n\
- full-iso, long-iso, iso, +FORMAT\n\
- FORMAT is interpreted like 'date'\n\
+ --time-style=STYLE show times using STYLE, which can be:\n\
+ full-iso, long-iso, iso, or +FORMAT;\n\
+ FORMAT is interpreted like in 'date'\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
-X, --exclude-from=FILE exclude files that match any pattern in FILE\n\
diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c
index f3c3a1b82..1652bcf94 100644
--- a/src/ls.c
+++ b/src/ls.c
@@ -4769,10 +4769,10 @@ Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is specified.\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
-C list entries by columns\n\
- --color[=WHEN] colorize the output. WHEN defaults to 'always'\n\
- or can be 'never' or 'auto'; more info below\n\
- -d, --directory list directory entries instead of contents,\n\
- and do not dereference symbolic links\n\
+ --color[=WHEN] colorize the output; WHEN can be 'never', 'auto',\
+\n\
+ or 'always' (the default); more info below\n\
+ -d, --directory list directories themselves, not their contents\n\
-D, --dired generate output designed for Emacs' dired mode\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
@@ -4835,9 +4835,10 @@ Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is specified.\n\
append / indicator to directories\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
- -q, --hide-control-chars print ? instead of non-graphic characters\n\
- --show-control-chars show non graphic characters as-is (default\n\
- unless program is 'ls' and output is a terminal)\n\
+ -q, --hide-control-chars print ? instead of nongraphic characters\n\
+ --show-control-chars show nongraphic characters as-is (the default,\n\
+ unless program is 'ls' and output is a terminal)\
+\n\
-Q, --quote-name enclose entry names in double quotes\n\
--quoting-style=WORD use quoting style WORD for entry names:\n\
literal, locale, shell, shell-always, c, escape\
@@ -4850,22 +4851,25 @@ Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is specified.\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
-S sort by file size\n\
- --sort=WORD sort by WORD instead of name: none -U,\n\
- extension -X, size -S, time -t, version -v\n\
- --time=WORD with -l, show time as WORD instead of modification\
-\n\
- time: atime -u, access -u, use -u, ctime -c,\n\
- or status -c; use specified time as sort key\n\
- if --sort=time\n\
+ --sort=WORD sort by WORD instead of name: none (-U), size (-S)\
+,\n\
+ time (-t), version (-v), extension (-X)\n\
+ --time=WORD with -l, show time as WORD instead of default\n\
+ modification time: atime or access or use (-u)\n\
+ ctime or status (-c); also use specified time\n\
+ as sort key if --sort=time\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
--time-style=STYLE with -l, show times using style STYLE:\n\
- full-iso, long-iso, iso, locale, +FORMAT;\n\
- FORMAT is interpreted like 'date'; if FORMAT is\n\
- FORMAT1<newline>FORMAT2, then FORMAT1 applies to\n\
- non-recent files and FORMAT2 to recent files;\n\
- if STYLE is prefixed with 'posix-', STYLE\n\
- takes effect only outside the POSIX locale\n\
+ full-iso, long-iso, iso, locale, or +FORMAT;\n\
+ FORMAT is interpreted like in 'date'; if FORMAT\
+\n\
+ is FORMAT1<newline>FORMAT2, then FORMAT1 applies\
+\n\
+ to non-recent files and FORMAT2 to recent files;\
+\n\
+ if STYLE is prefixed with 'posix-', STYLE\n\
+ takes effect only outside the POSIX locale\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
-t sort by modification time, newest first\n\
diff --git a/src/rm.c b/src/rm.c
index b9b84e117..4b87c12e8 100644
--- a/src/rm.c
+++ b/src/rm.c
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ Remove (unlink) the FILE(s).\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
-I prompt once before removing more than three files, or\n\
- when removing recursively. Less intrusive than -i,\n\
+ when removing recursively; less intrusive than -i,\n\
while still giving protection against most mistakes\n\
--interactive[=WHEN] prompt according to WHEN: never, once (-I), or\n\
- always (-i). Without WHEN, prompt always\n\
+ always (-i); without WHEN, prompt always\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
--one-file-system when removing a hierarchy recursively, skip any\n\
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index 8389467b4..e7fefda71 100644
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\
fputs (_("\
-f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]\n\
output appended data as the file grows;\n\
- -f and --follow[=descriptor] are equivalent\n\
+ an absent option argument means 'descriptor'\n\
-F same as --follow=name --retry\n\
"), stdout);
printf (_("\