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-rw-r--r--.vg-suppressions2
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog-20052
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog-20062
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog-20072
-rw-r--r--Makefile.am2
-rw-r--r--README2
-rw-r--r--README-valgrind2
-rw-r--r--configure.ac2
-rw-r--r--doc/Makefile.am2
-rw-r--r--doc/coreutils.texi2
-rw-r--r--doc/perm.texi3
-rw-r--r--gl/lib/rand-isaac.c2
-rw-r--r--gl/lib/rand-isaac.h2
-rw-r--r--gl/lib/randint.c2
-rw-r--r--gl/lib/randint.h2
-rw-r--r--gl/lib/randperm.c2
-rw-r--r--gl/lib/randread.c2
-rw-r--r--gl/lib/randread.h2
-rw-r--r--gl/lib/root-dev-ino.c2
-rw-r--r--gl/lib/root-dev-ino.h2
-rw-r--r--gl/m4/root-dev-ino.m42
-rw-r--r--lib/Makefile.am2
-rw-r--r--lib/buffer-lcm.c2
-rw-r--r--lib/fd-reopen.c2
-rw-r--r--lib/fd-reopen.h2
-rw-r--r--lib/strintcmp.c2
-rw-r--r--lib/strnumcmp-in.h3
-rw-r--r--lib/strnumcmp.c2
-rwxr-xr-xlib/t-chdir-long2
-rw-r--r--lib/xfts.c2
-rw-r--r--m4/ChangeLog-20072
-rw-r--r--m4/boottime.m43
-rw-r--r--m4/check-decl.m43
-rw-r--r--m4/fd-reopen.m42
-rw-r--r--m4/include-exclude-prog.m42
-rw-r--r--m4/jm-macros.m42
-rw-r--r--m4/lib-check.m43
-rw-r--r--m4/prereq.m42
-rw-r--r--m4/stat-prog.m42
-rw-r--r--m4/strnumcmp.m42
-rw-r--r--m4/xattr.m42
-rw-r--r--m4/xfts.m42
-rw-r--r--man/chmod.x3
-rw-r--r--man/chown.x3
-rw-r--r--man/df.x2
-rw-r--r--man/du.x2
-rwxr-xr-xman/help2man2
-rw-r--r--man/rm.x3
-rw-r--r--old/fileutils/ChangeLog-19972
-rw-r--r--old/fileutils/NEWS2
-rw-r--r--old/sh-utils/ChangeLog3
-rw-r--r--old/sh-utils/ChangeLog.02
-rw-r--r--old/sh-utils/NEWS2
-rw-r--r--old/textutils/NEWS2
-rw-r--r--src/Makefile.am2
-rw-r--r--src/basename.c2
-rw-r--r--src/cat.c2
-rw-r--r--src/chgrp.c2
-rw-r--r--src/chmod.c2
-rw-r--r--src/chown-core.c2
-rw-r--r--src/chown-core.h2
-rw-r--r--src/chown.c2
-rw-r--r--src/chroot.c2
-rw-r--r--src/cksum.c2
-rw-r--r--src/comm.c3
-rw-r--r--src/copy.c2
-rw-r--r--src/copy.h2
-rw-r--r--src/cp-hash.c2
-rw-r--r--src/cp.c2
-rw-r--r--src/csplit.c2
-rwxr-xr-xsrc/dcgen2
-rw-r--r--src/dd.c2
-rw-r--r--src/df.c2
-rw-r--r--src/dircolors.hin2
-rw-r--r--src/dirname.c2
-rwxr-xr-xsrc/du-tests2
-rw-r--r--src/du.c2
-rw-r--r--src/echo.c3
-rw-r--r--src/env.c2
-rw-r--r--src/expand.c3
-rw-r--r--src/expr.c2
-rw-r--r--src/extract-magic2
-rw-r--r--src/factor.c2
-rw-r--r--src/fmt.c2
-rw-r--r--src/fold.c2
-rw-r--r--src/head.c2
-rw-r--r--src/hostid.c2
-rw-r--r--src/hostname.c2
-rw-r--r--src/install.c2
-rw-r--r--src/ioblksize.h2
-rw-r--r--src/join.c2
-rw-r--r--src/kill.c2
-rw-r--r--src/link.c2
-rw-r--r--src/ln.c2
-rw-r--r--src/logname.c2
-rw-r--r--src/ls.c3
-rw-r--r--src/mkdir.c2
-rw-r--r--src/mkfifo.c2
-rw-r--r--src/mknod.c2
-rw-r--r--src/mv.c2
-rw-r--r--src/nice.c2
-rw-r--r--src/nl.c2
-rw-r--r--src/nohup.c2
-rw-r--r--src/od.c2
-rw-r--r--src/paste.c2
-rw-r--r--src/pinky.c2
-rw-r--r--src/pr.c2
-rw-r--r--src/printenv.c2
-rw-r--r--src/ptx.c2
-rw-r--r--src/pwd.c2
-rw-r--r--src/remove.c2
-rw-r--r--src/remove.h2
-rw-r--r--src/rm.c2
-rw-r--r--src/rmdir.c2
-rw-r--r--src/sleep.c3
-rw-r--r--src/sort.c2
-rw-r--r--src/split.c2
-rw-r--r--src/stty.c2
-rw-r--r--src/su.c2
-rw-r--r--src/sum.c3
-rw-r--r--src/sync.c2
-rw-r--r--src/system.h2
-rw-r--r--src/tac-pipe.c3
-rw-r--r--src/tac.c2
-rw-r--r--src/tail.c2
-rw-r--r--src/tee.c2
-rw-r--r--src/test.c2
-rw-r--r--src/touch.c3
-rw-r--r--src/tr.c2
-rw-r--r--src/true.c2
-rw-r--r--src/tsort.c2
-rw-r--r--src/tty.c2
-rw-r--r--src/uname.c3
-rw-r--r--src/unexpand.c3
-rw-r--r--src/uniq.c2
-rw-r--r--src/unlink.c2
-rw-r--r--src/uptime.c2
-rw-r--r--src/users.c2
-rw-r--r--src/wc.c2
-rwxr-xr-xsrc/wheel-gen.pl2
-rw-r--r--src/whoami.c3
-rw-r--r--src/yes.c2
-rw-r--r--tests/Coreutils.pm2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/chgrp/deref2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/chgrp/no-x2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/chgrp/recurse2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/chmod/c-option2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/chmod/equal-x2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/chmod/equals2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/chmod/no-x2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/chmod/setgid2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/chown/basic2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/chown/deref2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/backup-13
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/backup-is-src2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/cp-HL2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/cp-mv-backup2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/cp-parents2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/deref-slink2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/dir-rm-dest2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/dir-slash2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/dir-vs-file2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/fail-perm2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/into-self2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/link2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/link-preserve2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/no-deref-link13
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/no-deref-link23
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/no-deref-link33
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/perm2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/preserve-22
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/r-vs-symlink2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/same-file2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/slink-2-slink2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/special-bits2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/cp/symlink-slash2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/dd/misc2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/dd/not-rewound2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/dd/skip-seek22
-rwxr-xr-xtests/dd/unblock-sync2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/du/8gb2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/du/basic2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/du/deref2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/du/fd-leak2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/du/files0-from2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/du/hard-link2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/du/inaccessible-cwd2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/du/no-deref2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/du/no-x2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/du/restore-wd2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/du/slash2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/du/two-args2
-rw-r--r--tests/envvar-check2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/install/basic-12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/install/create-leading2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/ln/backup-12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/ln/misc2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/ln/sf-12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/ln/target-12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/ls/dangle2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/ls/dired2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/ls/file-type2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/ls/follow-slink2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/ls/infloop2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/ls/inode2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/ls/m-option2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/ls/no-arg2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/ls/recursive2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/ls/rt-12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/ls/symlink-slash2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/close-stdout2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/date-sec2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/df2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/dircolors2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/expr2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/factor2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/false-status2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/fmt-long-line2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/fold2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/head-c2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/head-elide-tail2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/head-pos2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/ls-misc2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/ls-time2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/md5sum2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/md5sum-newline2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/mknod2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/nice2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/nl2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/nohup2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/od-N2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/od-x82
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/paste2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/pathchk12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/printf2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/printf-hex2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/seq2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/sha1sum2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/sha1sum-vec2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/sha224sum2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/sha256sum2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/sha384sum2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/sha512sum2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/shred-exact2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/shred-remove2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/sort-merge2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/stat-fmt2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/stty2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/stty-row-col2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/sum2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/sum-sysv2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/tac-continue2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/tsort2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/tty-eof2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/unexpand2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/wc2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mkdir/p-12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mkdir/p-22
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mkdir/parents2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mkdir/perm2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mkdir/special-12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mkdir/t-slash2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mkdir/writable-under-readonly2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/backup-is-src2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/childproof2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/diag2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/dir-file2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/dup-source2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/force2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/hard-22
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/hard-32
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/hard-42
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/hard-link-12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/i-12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/i-22
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/i-32
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/i-42
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/i-link-no2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/into-self2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/into-self-22
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/into-self-32
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/into-self-42
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/leak-fd2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/mv-special-12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/part-fail2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/part-rename2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/part-symlink2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/partition-perm2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/perm-12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/to-symlink2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/trailing-slash2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/mv/update2
-rw-r--r--tests/mv/vfat2
-rw-r--r--tests/other-fs-tmpdir3
-rwxr-xr-xtests/readlink/can-e2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/readlink/can-f2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/readlink/can-m2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/readlink/rl-12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/cycle2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/dangling-symlink2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/deep-12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/dir-no-w2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/dot-rel2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/empty-name2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/f-12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/fail-2eperm2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/fail-eperm2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/hash2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/i-12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/i-no-r2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/inaccessible2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/ir-12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/no-give-up2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/r-13
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/r-23
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/r-32
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/readdir-bug2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/rm12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/rm32
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/rm42
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/rm52
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/sunos-13
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/unread32
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rm/unreadable2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rmdir/fail-perm2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rmdir/ignore2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/rmdir/t-slash2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/split/lines2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/tail-2/assert2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/tail-2/assert-22
-rwxr-xr-xtests/tail-2/big-4gb2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/tail-2/infloop-12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/tail-2/pid2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/tail-2/proc-ksyms2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/tail-2/start-middle2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/tail-2/tail-n0f2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/tail-2/wait2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/touch/dangling-symlink2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/touch/empty-file2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/touch/fail-diag2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/touch/fifo2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/touch/no-create-missing2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/touch/no-rights2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/touch/obsolescent2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/touch/relative2
345 files changed, 345 insertions, 373 deletions
diff --git a/.vg-suppressions b/.vg-suppressions
index 21015e285..d2191dc28 100644
--- a/.vg-suppressions
+++ b/.vg-suppressions
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# Suppress valgrind diagnostics we don't care about.
-# Copyright (C) 2003-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/ChangeLog-2005 b/ChangeLog-2005
index 3d08a8726..c33492791 100644
--- a/ChangeLog-2005
+++ b/ChangeLog-2005
@@ -11609,7 +11609,7 @@
-----
- Copyright (C) 2002-2005, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
modification, are permitted provided the copyright notice
diff --git a/ChangeLog-2006 b/ChangeLog-2006
index 13f1232c8..b430beb8e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog-2006
+++ b/ChangeLog-2006
@@ -4033,7 +4033,7 @@
-----
- Copyright (C) 2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
modification, are permitted provided the copyright notice
diff --git a/ChangeLog-2007 b/ChangeLog-2007
index a170a985b..c232c2909 100644
--- a/ChangeLog-2007
+++ b/ChangeLog-2007
@@ -4015,7 +4015,7 @@
-----
- Copyright (C) 2007, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
modification, are permitted provided the copyright notice
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index eb92deb1f..72d93d544 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# Make coreutils. -*-Makefile-*-
-# Copyright (C) 1990, 1993-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1990-2012 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
diff --git a/README b/README
index 93bbface9..3cc476ae0 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ the address on the last line of --help output.
========================================================================
-Copyright (C) 1998, 2002-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
diff --git a/README-valgrind b/README-valgrind
index a17d53ef6..4cb01a10b 100644
--- a/README-valgrind
+++ b/README-valgrind
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#! /bin/bash
# Convert this package for use with valgrind.
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c17abd764..07597e68b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# -*- autoconf -*-
# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-# Copyright (C) 1991, 1993-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1991-2012 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
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index a33e2f9ef..0de9213fb 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# Make coreutils documentation. -*-Makefile-*-
-# Copyright (C) 1995-1998, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1995-2012 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
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 0d3b7390d..6f24dd356 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
This manual documents version @value{VERSION} of the @sc{gnu} core
utilities, including the standard programs for text and file manipulation.
-Copyright @copyright{} 1994-1996, 2000-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1994-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@quotation
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/perm.texi b/doc/perm.texi
index 17777b524..84f850052 100644
--- a/doc/perm.texi
+++ b/doc/perm.texi
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
@c File mode bits
-@c Copyright (C) 1994, 1996, 1999-2001, 2003-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software
-@c Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1994-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
diff --git a/gl/lib/rand-isaac.c b/gl/lib/rand-isaac.c
index 407e8e01c..262929a71 100644
--- a/gl/lib/rand-isaac.c
+++ b/gl/lib/rand-isaac.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Bob Jenkins's cryptographic random number generators, ISAAC and ISAAC64.
- Copyright (C) 1999-2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999 Colin Plumb.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/gl/lib/rand-isaac.h b/gl/lib/rand-isaac.h
index 8e53b59d4..9b6c314b6 100644
--- a/gl/lib/rand-isaac.h
+++ b/gl/lib/rand-isaac.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Bob Jenkins's cryptographic random number generators, ISAAC and ISAAC64.
- Copyright (C) 1999-2005, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999 Colin Plumb.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/gl/lib/randint.c b/gl/lib/randint.c
index 1a5ae2512..615a90e28 100644
--- a/gl/lib/randint.c
+++ b/gl/lib/randint.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Generate random integers.
- Copyright (C) 2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2006-2012 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
diff --git a/gl/lib/randint.h b/gl/lib/randint.h
index cd83185e9..14c0e8475 100644
--- a/gl/lib/randint.h
+++ b/gl/lib/randint.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Generate random integers.
- Copyright (C) 2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2006-2012 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
diff --git a/gl/lib/randperm.c b/gl/lib/randperm.c
index e853849ba..a87f73da2 100644
--- a/gl/lib/randperm.c
+++ b/gl/lib/randperm.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Generate random permutations.
- Copyright (C) 2006-2007, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2006-2012 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
diff --git a/gl/lib/randread.c b/gl/lib/randread.c
index 68b1e00d0..4cb336499 100644
--- a/gl/lib/randread.c
+++ b/gl/lib/randread.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Generate buffers of random data.
- Copyright (C) 2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2006-2012 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
diff --git a/gl/lib/randread.h b/gl/lib/randread.h
index 9c2321e9e..f891cd50a 100644
--- a/gl/lib/randread.h
+++ b/gl/lib/randread.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Generate buffers of random data.
- Copyright (C) 2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2006-2012 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
diff --git a/gl/lib/root-dev-ino.c b/gl/lib/root-dev-ino.c
index 7e7ae34f4..2901d6dd5 100644
--- a/gl/lib/root-dev-ino.c
+++ b/gl/lib/root-dev-ino.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* root-dev-ino.c -- get the device and inode numbers for '/'.
- Copyright (C) 2003, 2005-2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/gl/lib/root-dev-ino.h b/gl/lib/root-dev-ino.h
index 00949422d..7ca1df683 100644
--- a/gl/lib/root-dev-ino.h
+++ b/gl/lib/root-dev-ino.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Root device and inode number checking.
- Copyright (C) 2003, 2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/gl/m4/root-dev-ino.m4 b/gl/m4/root-dev-ino.m4
index b2fd21c09..4a794049c 100644
--- a/gl/m4/root-dev-ino.m4
+++ b/gl/m4/root-dev-ino.m4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#serial 3
-dnl Copyright (C) 2005-2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 37befa024..885f9b2dc 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
## Makefile for gnulib/lib -*-Makefile-*-
-# Copyright (C) 1995-2007, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1995-2012 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
diff --git a/lib/buffer-lcm.c b/lib/buffer-lcm.c
index 4b32efb62..1d22dac7d 100644
--- a/lib/buffer-lcm.c
+++ b/lib/buffer-lcm.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* buffer-lcm.c - compute a good buffer size for dealing with two files
- Copyright (C) 2002, 2005, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/lib/fd-reopen.c b/lib/fd-reopen.c
index 42008ef50..fd4b92bea 100644
--- a/lib/fd-reopen.c
+++ b/lib/fd-reopen.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Invoke open, but return either a desired file descriptor or -1.
- Copyright (C) 2005-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2005-2012 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
diff --git a/lib/fd-reopen.h b/lib/fd-reopen.h
index e2edbc6bf..b80f09862 100644
--- a/lib/fd-reopen.h
+++ b/lib/fd-reopen.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Invoke open, but return either a desired file descriptor or -1.
- Copyright (C) 2005, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2005-2012 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
diff --git a/lib/strintcmp.c b/lib/strintcmp.c
index d581243d8..6e4901e22 100644
--- a/lib/strintcmp.c
+++ b/lib/strintcmp.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Compare integer strings.
- Copyright (C) 2005-2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2005-2012 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
diff --git a/lib/strnumcmp-in.h b/lib/strnumcmp-in.h
index e8a9d9f2b..95ab55fdc 100644
--- a/lib/strnumcmp-in.h
+++ b/lib/strnumcmp-in.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
/* Compare numeric strings. This is an internal include file.
- Copyright (C) 1988, 1991-1993, 1995-1996, 1998-2000, 2003-2006, 2009-2012
- Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1988-2012 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
diff --git a/lib/strnumcmp.c b/lib/strnumcmp.c
index a425e941f..115ab598a 100644
--- a/lib/strnumcmp.c
+++ b/lib/strnumcmp.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Compare numeric strings.
- Copyright (C) 2005-2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2005-2012 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
diff --git a/lib/t-chdir-long b/lib/t-chdir-long
index 0d778871f..565922cb6 100755
--- a/lib/t-chdir-long
+++ b/lib/t-chdir-long
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Exercise chdir-long's sample main program.
-# Copyright (C) 2005-2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2005-2012 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
diff --git a/lib/xfts.c b/lib/xfts.c
index e1c1fe00b..b19200e20 100644
--- a/lib/xfts.c
+++ b/lib/xfts.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* xfts.c -- a wrapper for fts_open
- Copyright (C) 2003, 2005-2007, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/m4/ChangeLog-2007 b/m4/ChangeLog-2007
index d7c4c8429..ce06988bf 100644
--- a/m4/ChangeLog-2007
+++ b/m4/ChangeLog-2007
@@ -5004,7 +5004,7 @@
-----
- Copyright (C) 1997-2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1997-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
modification, are permitted provided the copyright notice
diff --git a/m4/boottime.m4 b/m4/boottime.m4
index 27ecc250c..4d6058b10 100644
--- a/m4/boottime.m4
+++ b/m4/boottime.m4
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
# boottime.m4 serial 4
# Determine whether this system has infrastructure for obtaining the boot time.
-# Copyright (C) 1996, 2000, 2002-2004, 2006, 2008-2012 Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2012 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
diff --git a/m4/check-decl.m4 b/m4/check-decl.m4
index ff73b1863..50c6f539e 100644
--- a/m4/check-decl.m4
+++ b/m4/check-decl.m4
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
#serial 26
# Check declarations for this package.
-dnl Copyright (C) 1997-2001, 2003-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation,
-dnl Inc.
+dnl Copyright (C) 1997-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
diff --git a/m4/fd-reopen.m4 b/m4/fd-reopen.m4
index 8eb6dc48b..ae7390c83 100644
--- a/m4/fd-reopen.m4
+++ b/m4/fd-reopen.m4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# Invoke open, but return either a desired file descriptor or -1.
-dnl Copyright (C) 2005, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
diff --git a/m4/include-exclude-prog.m4 b/m4/include-exclude-prog.m4
index 459416984..74f9713f0 100644
--- a/m4/include-exclude-prog.m4
+++ b/m4/include-exclude-prog.m4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#serial 2
-dnl Copyright (C) 2007, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
diff --git a/m4/jm-macros.m4 b/m4/jm-macros.m4
index 2b4704317..94cdf82b6 100644
--- a/m4/jm-macros.m4
+++ b/m4/jm-macros.m4
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
dnl Misc type-related macros for coreutils.
-# Copyright (C) 1998, 2000-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/m4/lib-check.m4 b/m4/lib-check.m4
index cf6355eeb..a33c6231c 100644
--- a/m4/lib-check.m4
+++ b/m4/lib-check.m4
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
dnl Misc lib-related macros for coreutils.
-# Copyright (C) 1993-1997, 2000-2001, 2003-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1993-2012 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
diff --git a/m4/prereq.m4 b/m4/prereq.m4
index 85947bf31..f458f9dc0 100644
--- a/m4/prereq.m4
+++ b/m4/prereq.m4
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ m4_pattern_forbid([^gl_[ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ]])dnl
# directory of the coreutils package.
-# Copyright (C) 1998, 2000-2001, 2003-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/m4/stat-prog.m4 b/m4/stat-prog.m4
index 90ceec193..30bacb458 100644
--- a/m4/stat-prog.m4
+++ b/m4/stat-prog.m4
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# stat-prog.m4 serial 7
# Record the prerequisites of src/stat.c from the coreutils package.
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2004, 2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/m4/strnumcmp.m4 b/m4/strnumcmp.m4
index dd38e4322..437e18c9b 100644
--- a/m4/strnumcmp.m4
+++ b/m4/strnumcmp.m4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# Compare numeric strings.
-dnl Copyright (C) 2005, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
diff --git a/m4/xattr.m4 b/m4/xattr.m4
index 769117784..83149f278 100644
--- a/m4/xattr.m4
+++ b/m4/xattr.m4
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# xattr.m4 - check for Extended Attributes (Linux)
# serial 3
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
diff --git a/m4/xfts.m4 b/m4/xfts.m4
index aed9f73a2..ce556925a 100644
--- a/m4/xfts.m4
+++ b/m4/xfts.m4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#serial 1
-dnl Copyright (C) 2005, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
diff --git a/man/chmod.x b/man/chmod.x
index 01c7af30c..e0af0260d 100644
--- a/man/chmod.x
+++ b/man/chmod.x
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-'\" Copyright (C) 1998-1999, 2001, 2006-2007, 2009-2012 Free Software
-'\" Foundation, Inc.
+'\" Copyright (C) 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
'\"
'\" This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms
'\" of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
diff --git a/man/chown.x b/man/chown.x
index dcab508ed..ef02cbc24 100644
--- a/man/chown.x
+++ b/man/chown.x
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-'\" Copyright (C) 1998-1999, 2001, 2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation,
-'\" Inc.
+'\" Copyright (C) 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
'\"
'\" This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms
'\" of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
diff --git a/man/df.x b/man/df.x
index f264201a9..a98a408da 100644
--- a/man/df.x
+++ b/man/df.x
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-'\" Copyright (C) 1998-1999, 2004, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+'\" Copyright (C) 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
'\"
'\" This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms
'\" of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
diff --git a/man/du.x b/man/du.x
index 4365336d8..7672158b5 100644
--- a/man/du.x
+++ b/man/du.x
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-'\" Copyright (C) 1998-2000, 2002, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+'\" Copyright (C) 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
'\"
'\" This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms
'\" of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
diff --git a/man/help2man b/man/help2man
index 6112abdf4..907dd50c8 100755
--- a/man/help2man
+++ b/man/help2man
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# Generate a short man page from --help and --version output.
-# Copyright (C) 1997-2004, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/man/rm.x b/man/rm.x
index 18c17e8f2..d9341d7d2 100644
--- a/man/rm.x
+++ b/man/rm.x
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-'\" Copyright (C) 1998-1999, 2001, 2003-2004, 2006, 2009-2012 Free Software
-'\" Foundation, Inc.
+'\" Copyright (C) 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
'\"
'\" This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms
'\" of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
diff --git a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog-1997 b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog-1997
index 0cd413eec..475f49e2e 100644
--- a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog-1997
+++ b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog-1997
@@ -6158,7 +6158,7 @@ Mon Feb 5 17:29:20 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
-----
- Copyright (C) 1990-1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1990-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
modification, are permitted provided the copyright notice
diff --git a/old/fileutils/NEWS b/old/fileutils/NEWS
index 79b5739d7..703470770 100644
--- a/old/fileutils/NEWS
+++ b/old/fileutils/NEWS
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ Major changes in release 3.3:
========================================================================
-Copyright (C) 1992-2003, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1992-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
diff --git a/old/sh-utils/ChangeLog b/old/sh-utils/ChangeLog
index 6bb31c3a8..e7c5027c8 100644
--- a/old/sh-utils/ChangeLog
+++ b/old/sh-utils/ChangeLog
@@ -4858,8 +4858,7 @@ Thu Nov 17 23:47:26 1994 Jim Meyering (meyering@comco.com)
-----
- Copyright (C) 1994-1997, 1999-2002, 2006, 2010-2012 Free Software
- Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1994-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
modification, are permitted provided the copyright notice
diff --git a/old/sh-utils/ChangeLog.0 b/old/sh-utils/ChangeLog.0
index a05495877..0a2cc9b26 100644
--- a/old/sh-utils/ChangeLog.0
+++ b/old/sh-utils/ChangeLog.0
@@ -1706,7 +1706,7 @@ Sat Oct 28 13:20:43 1989 David J. MacKenzie (djm at spiff)
-----
- Copyright (C) 1989-1994, 2010-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
modification, are permitted provided the copyright notice
diff --git a/old/sh-utils/NEWS b/old/sh-utils/NEWS
index b287cb09e..347957fe0 100644
--- a/old/sh-utils/NEWS
+++ b/old/sh-utils/NEWS
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ Major changes in release 1.7:
========================================================================
-Copyright (C) 1992-2003, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1992-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
diff --git a/old/textutils/NEWS b/old/textutils/NEWS
index 934749d6a..234650e54 100644
--- a/old/textutils/NEWS
+++ b/old/textutils/NEWS
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ Major changes in release 1.4:
========================================================================
-Copyright (C) 1992-2002, 2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1992-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index df9995dc6..b12406477 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in -*-Makefile-*-
-## Copyright (C) 1990-1991, 1993-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+## Copyright (C) 1990-2012 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
diff --git a/src/basename.c b/src/basename.c
index da3025d45..daa2895f0 100644
--- a/src/basename.c
+++ b/src/basename.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* basename -- strip directory and suffix from file names
- Copyright (C) 1990-1997, 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1990-2012 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
diff --git a/src/cat.c b/src/cat.c
index bc862d38f..41a1b4157 100644
--- a/src/cat.c
+++ b/src/cat.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* cat -- concatenate files and print on the standard output.
- Copyright (C) 1988, 1990-1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1988-2012 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
diff --git a/src/chgrp.c b/src/chgrp.c
index 63c66d7da..16b5e96d8 100644
--- a/src/chgrp.c
+++ b/src/chgrp.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* chgrp -- change group ownership of files
- Copyright (C) 1989-1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/chmod.c b/src/chmod.c
index 09c13756f..a134e3f20 100644
--- a/src/chmod.c
+++ b/src/chmod.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* chmod -- change permission modes of files
- Copyright (C) 1989-1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/chown-core.c b/src/chown-core.c
index 086998659..b7de4320c 100644
--- a/src/chown-core.c
+++ b/src/chown-core.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* chown-core.c -- core functions for changing ownership.
- Copyright (C) 2000, 2002-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/src/chown-core.h b/src/chown-core.h
index 8d333691e..38b3ba111 100644
--- a/src/chown-core.h
+++ b/src/chown-core.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* chown-core.h -- types and prototypes shared by chown and chgrp.
- Copyright (C) 2000, 2003-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/src/chown.c b/src/chown.c
index 2025ac208..8b4add795 100644
--- a/src/chown.c
+++ b/src/chown.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* chown -- change user and group ownership of files
- Copyright (C) 1989-1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/chroot.c b/src/chroot.c
index bfe4aee1a..dbb5c6dac 100644
--- a/src/chroot.c
+++ b/src/chroot.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* chroot -- run command or shell with special root directory
- Copyright (C) 1995-1997, 1999-2004, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1995-2012 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
diff --git a/src/cksum.c b/src/cksum.c
index 0f24a95df..d3ce0f8e9 100644
--- a/src/cksum.c
+++ b/src/cksum.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* cksum -- calculate and print POSIX checksums and sizes of files
- Copyright (C) 1992, 1995-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1992-2012 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
diff --git a/src/comm.c b/src/comm.c
index 90dbf61bc..04422d66f 100644
--- a/src/comm.c
+++ b/src/comm.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
/* comm -- compare two sorted files line by line.
- Copyright (C) 1986, 1990-1991, 1995-2005, 2008-2012 Free Software
- Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1986-2012 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
diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c
index 21b61ee5a..51f51be3c 100644
--- a/src/copy.c
+++ b/src/copy.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* copy.c -- core functions for copying files and directories
- Copyright (C) 1989-1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/copy.h b/src/copy.h
index 715416e0f..d70c09ea8 100644
--- a/src/copy.h
+++ b/src/copy.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* core functions for copying files and directories
- Copyright (C) 1989-1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/cp-hash.c b/src/cp-hash.c
index e0b462edd..77fd993ce 100644
--- a/src/cp-hash.c
+++ b/src/cp-hash.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* cp-hash.c -- file copying (hash search routines)
- Copyright (C) 1989-1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/cp.c b/src/cp.c
index f2daf4886..6649af2e9 100644
--- a/src/cp.c
+++ b/src/cp.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* cp.c -- file copying (main routines)
- Copyright (C) 1989-1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/csplit.c b/src/csplit.c
index a99c3d655..fb43350a2 100644
--- a/src/csplit.c
+++ b/src/csplit.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* csplit - split a file into sections determined by context lines
- Copyright (C) 1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1991-2012 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
diff --git a/src/dcgen b/src/dcgen
index 423ad9007..17efffc7d 100755
--- a/src/dcgen
+++ b/src/dcgen
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# dcgen -- convert dircolors.hin to dircolors.h.
-# Copyright (C) 1996, 1998, 2004-2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2012 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
diff --git a/src/dd.c b/src/dd.c
index 8c687b38d..2c545c220 100644
--- a/src/dd.c
+++ b/src/dd.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* dd -- convert a file while copying it.
- Copyright (C) 1985, 1990-1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1985-2012 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
diff --git a/src/df.c b/src/df.c
index e998c90d6..e99fedff4 100644
--- a/src/df.c
+++ b/src/df.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* df - summarize free disk space
- Copyright (C) 1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1991-2012 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
diff --git a/src/dircolors.hin b/src/dircolors.hin
index b506bb38e..4606d1a23 100644
--- a/src/dircolors.hin
+++ b/src/dircolors.hin
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# Configuration file for dircolors, a utility to help you set the
# LS_COLORS environment variable used by GNU ls with the --color option.
-# Copyright (C) 1996, 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
# are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
diff --git a/src/dirname.c b/src/dirname.c
index d38a7a0c0..3637a046f 100644
--- a/src/dirname.c
+++ b/src/dirname.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* dirname -- strip suffix from file name
- Copyright (C) 1990-1997, 1999-2002, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1990-2012 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
diff --git a/src/du-tests b/src/du-tests
index 8a5396199..68126d8f0 100755
--- a/src/du-tests
+++ b/src/du-tests
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/src/du.c b/src/du.c
index e72ffc9d8..e4e36dfea 100644
--- a/src/du.c
+++ b/src/du.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* du -- summarize disk usage
- Copyright (C) 1988-1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1988-2012 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
diff --git a/src/echo.c b/src/echo.c
index fa01da896..8c3da597c 100644
--- a/src/echo.c
+++ b/src/echo.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
/* echo.c, derived from code echo.c in Bash.
- Copyright (C) 1987, 1989, 1991-1997, 1999-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software
- Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1987-2012 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
diff --git a/src/env.c b/src/env.c
index ffd609fac..20d5fb8bb 100644
--- a/src/env.c
+++ b/src/env.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* env - run a program in a modified environment
- Copyright (C) 1986, 1991-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1986-2012 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
diff --git a/src/expand.c b/src/expand.c
index 2e0f2510d..56e5db6f4 100644
--- a/src/expand.c
+++ b/src/expand.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
/* expand - convert tabs to spaces
- Copyright (C) 1989, 1991, 1995-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation,
- Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/expr.c b/src/expr.c
index 744f0f2d8..536801048 100644
--- a/src/expr.c
+++ b/src/expr.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* expr -- evaluate expressions.
- Copyright (C) 1986, 1991-1997, 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1986-2012 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
diff --git a/src/extract-magic b/src/extract-magic
index 590f30d70..9601ddd10 100644
--- a/src/extract-magic
+++ b/src/extract-magic
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# Derive #define directives from specially formatted 'case ...:' statements.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2005, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/src/factor.c b/src/factor.c
index c665772c4..1d5580507 100644
--- a/src/factor.c
+++ b/src/factor.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* factor -- print prime factors of n.
- Copyright (C) 1986, 1995-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1986-2012 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
diff --git a/src/fmt.c b/src/fmt.c
index c75bd9442..89d13a6d2 100644
--- a/src/fmt.c
+++ b/src/fmt.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* GNU fmt -- simple text formatter.
- Copyright (C) 1994-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1994-2012 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
diff --git a/src/fold.c b/src/fold.c
index 3acc6c3d8..d2291503e 100644
--- a/src/fold.c
+++ b/src/fold.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* fold -- wrap each input line to fit in specified width.
- Copyright (C) 1991, 1995-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1991-2012 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
diff --git a/src/head.c b/src/head.c
index 70b59505c..d7e83b716 100644
--- a/src/head.c
+++ b/src/head.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* head -- output first part of file(s)
- Copyright (C) 1989-1991, 1995-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/hostid.c b/src/hostid.c
index 9345f1083..622a3d71e 100644
--- a/src/hostid.c
+++ b/src/hostid.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* print the hexadecimal identifier for the current host
- Copyright (C) 1997, 1999-2004, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/src/hostname.c b/src/hostname.c
index 843f0a9f9..f6d915681 100644
--- a/src/hostname.c
+++ b/src/hostname.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* hostname - set or print the name of current host system
- Copyright (C) 1994-1997, 1999-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1994-2012 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
diff --git a/src/install.c b/src/install.c
index f43b95aa0..5468d2640 100644
--- a/src/install.c
+++ b/src/install.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* install - copy files and set attributes
- Copyright (C) 1989-1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/ioblksize.h b/src/ioblksize.h
index 581b0f67d..dc9eb636b 100644
--- a/src/ioblksize.h
+++ b/src/ioblksize.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* I/O block size definitions for coreutils
- Copyright (C) 1989, 1991-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/join.c b/src/join.c
index 9404aa303..b92c1f862 100644
--- a/src/join.c
+++ b/src/join.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* join - join lines of two files on a common field
- Copyright (C) 1991, 1995-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1991-2012 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
diff --git a/src/kill.c b/src/kill.c
index d478c2165..ad09321df 100644
--- a/src/kill.c
+++ b/src/kill.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* kill -- send a signal to a process
- Copyright (C) 2002-2005, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/src/link.c b/src/link.c
index e7bbe8b99..84911b6f9 100644
--- a/src/link.c
+++ b/src/link.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* link utility for GNU.
- Copyright (C) 2001-2002, 2004, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/src/ln.c b/src/ln.c
index 8aeccb1ec..d984fd7b4 100644
--- a/src/ln.c
+++ b/src/ln.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* 'ln' program to create links between files.
- Copyright (C) 1986, 1989-1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1986-2012 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
diff --git a/src/logname.c b/src/logname.c
index b479dd922..a7aa2fa9d 100644
--- a/src/logname.c
+++ b/src/logname.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* logname -- print user's login name
- Copyright (C) 1990-1997, 1999-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1990-2012 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
diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c
index 4dd8b5963..f5cd37a2d 100644
--- a/src/ls.c
+++ b/src/ls.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
/* 'dir', 'vdir' and 'ls' directory listing programs for GNU.
- Copyright (C) 1985, 1988, 1990-1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation,
- Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1985-2012 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
diff --git a/src/mkdir.c b/src/mkdir.c
index 76fc2a11d..32f79d4e3 100644
--- a/src/mkdir.c
+++ b/src/mkdir.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* mkdir -- make directories
- Copyright (C) 1990, 1995-2002, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1990-2012 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
diff --git a/src/mkfifo.c b/src/mkfifo.c
index 7f03cb922..e5c871d14 100644
--- a/src/mkfifo.c
+++ b/src/mkfifo.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* mkfifo -- make fifo's (named pipes)
- Copyright (C) 1990-1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1990-2012 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
diff --git a/src/mknod.c b/src/mknod.c
index 1c64f1c3a..3a6d695af 100644
--- a/src/mknod.c
+++ b/src/mknod.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* mknod -- make special files
- Copyright (C) 1990-1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1990-2012 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
diff --git a/src/mv.c b/src/mv.c
index c6063a110..b1d4e79ff 100644
--- a/src/mv.c
+++ b/src/mv.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* mv -- move or rename files
- Copyright (C) 1986, 1989-1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1986-2012 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
diff --git a/src/nice.c b/src/nice.c
index 97a74d4ba..1a90320ee 100644
--- a/src/nice.c
+++ b/src/nice.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* nice -- run a program with modified niceness
- Copyright (C) 1990-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1990-2012 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
diff --git a/src/nl.c b/src/nl.c
index 901044d6c..21d4c4d9b 100644
--- a/src/nl.c
+++ b/src/nl.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* nl -- number lines of files
- Copyright (C) 1989, 1992, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/nohup.c b/src/nohup.c
index ab7e28506..f46ab1ebf 100644
--- a/src/nohup.c
+++ b/src/nohup.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* nohup -- run a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty
- Copyright (C) 2003-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/src/od.c b/src/od.c
index e5d2d7e97..2da282511 100644
--- a/src/od.c
+++ b/src/od.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* od -- dump files in octal and other formats
- Copyright (C) 1992, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1992-2012 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
diff --git a/src/paste.c b/src/paste.c
index 493d0daa2..812a242d4 100644
--- a/src/paste.c
+++ b/src/paste.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* paste - merge lines of files
- Copyright (C) 1997-2005, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1997-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1984 David M. Ihnat
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/src/pinky.c b/src/pinky.c
index 57d87304c..597bc56c0 100644
--- a/src/pinky.c
+++ b/src/pinky.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* GNU's pinky.
- Copyright (C) 1992-1997, 1999-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1992-2012 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
diff --git a/src/pr.c b/src/pr.c
index 6efd7a978..4f949de24 100644
--- a/src/pr.c
+++ b/src/pr.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* pr -- convert text files for printing.
- Copyright (C) 1988, 1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1988-2012 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
diff --git a/src/printenv.c b/src/printenv.c
index a1150af1f..5c01f8d8f 100644
--- a/src/printenv.c
+++ b/src/printenv.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* printenv -- print all or part of environment
- Copyright (C) 1989-1997, 1999-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/ptx.c b/src/ptx.c
index 6cfc3bf46..a5b22d4b3 100644
--- a/src/ptx.c
+++ b/src/ptx.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* Permuted index for GNU, with keywords in their context.
- Copyright (C) 1990-1991, 1993, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1990-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>, 1988.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/src/pwd.c b/src/pwd.c
index d309402a8..23b7c53a4 100644
--- a/src/pwd.c
+++ b/src/pwd.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* pwd - print current directory
- Copyright (C) 1994-1997, 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1994-2012 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
diff --git a/src/remove.c b/src/remove.c
index 60d911027..f44a9821b 100644
--- a/src/remove.c
+++ b/src/remove.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* remove.c -- core functions for removing files and directories
- Copyright (C) 1988, 1990-1991, 1994-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1988-2012 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
diff --git a/src/remove.h b/src/remove.h
index c4c59a20b..4eab2821f 100644
--- a/src/remove.h
+++ b/src/remove.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Remove directory entries.
- Copyright (C) 1998, 2000, 2002-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/src/rm.c b/src/rm.c
index 6eeeafcd3..db525d02c 100644
--- a/src/rm.c
+++ b/src/rm.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* 'rm' file deletion utility for GNU.
- Copyright (C) 1988, 1990-1991, 1994-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1988-2012 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
diff --git a/src/rmdir.c b/src/rmdir.c
index 737160e9b..38850c810 100644
--- a/src/rmdir.c
+++ b/src/rmdir.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* rmdir -- remove directories
- Copyright (C) 1990-1991, 1995-2002, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1990-2012 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
diff --git a/src/sleep.c b/src/sleep.c
index 7aa1d6cb7..3aec93791 100644
--- a/src/sleep.c
+++ b/src/sleep.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
/* sleep - delay for a specified amount of time.
- Copyright (C) 1984, 1991-1997, 1999-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software
- Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1984-2012 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
diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c
index 3cc1874cf..219598ec9 100644
--- a/src/sort.c
+++ b/src/sort.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* sort - sort lines of text (with all kinds of options).
- Copyright (C) 1988, 1991-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1988-2012 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
diff --git a/src/split.c b/src/split.c
index 5fbce0ea2..1d0310cf2 100644
--- a/src/split.c
+++ b/src/split.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* split.c -- split a file into pieces.
- Copyright (C) 1988, 1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1988-2012 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
diff --git a/src/stty.c b/src/stty.c
index afccf2394..8e365930e 100644
--- a/src/stty.c
+++ b/src/stty.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* stty -- change and print terminal line settings
- Copyright (C) 1990-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1990-2012 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
diff --git a/src/su.c b/src/su.c
index 1a6aeac9f..bb54cc33a 100644
--- a/src/su.c
+++ b/src/su.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* su for GNU. Run a shell with substitute user and group IDs.
- Copyright (C) 1992-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1992-2012 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
diff --git a/src/sum.c b/src/sum.c
index 2cdc080fe..df0120723 100644
--- a/src/sum.c
+++ b/src/sum.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
/* sum -- checksum and count the blocks in a file
- Copyright (C) 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995-2002, 2004-2005, 2008-2012 Free
- Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1986-2012 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
diff --git a/src/sync.c b/src/sync.c
index eaf453f08..95db2f384 100644
--- a/src/sync.c
+++ b/src/sync.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* sync - update the super block
- Copyright (C) 1994-2004, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1994-2012 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
diff --git a/src/system.h b/src/system.h
index 2430b9487..c4f262dbb 100644
--- a/src/system.h
+++ b/src/system.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* system-dependent definitions for coreutils
- Copyright (C) 1989, 1991-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/tac-pipe.c b/src/tac-pipe.c
index a76db5da3..fc2201f08 100644
--- a/src/tac-pipe.c
+++ b/src/tac-pipe.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
/* tac from a pipe.
- Copyright (C) 1997-1998, 2002, 2004, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation,
- Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/src/tac.c b/src/tac.c
index 6e5b25628..670b20dc6 100644
--- a/src/tac.c
+++ b/src/tac.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* tac - concatenate and print files in reverse
- Copyright (C) 1988-1991, 1995-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1988-2012 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
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index 92746e06d..29ddabd62 100644
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* tail -- output the last part of file(s)
- Copyright (C) 1989-1991, 1995-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/tee.c b/src/tee.c
index 36bb4b6b0..2d82577e8 100644
--- a/src/tee.c
+++ b/src/tee.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* tee - read from standard input and write to standard output and files.
- Copyright (C) 1985, 1990-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1985-2012 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
diff --git a/src/test.c b/src/test.c
index a69c5e10d..2d562d963 100644
--- a/src/test.c
+++ b/src/test.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
/* Modified to run with the GNU shell by bfox. */
-/* Copyright (C) 1987-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1987-2012 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
diff --git a/src/touch.c b/src/touch.c
index 1d547d0a4..368516e7d 100644
--- a/src/touch.c
+++ b/src/touch.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
/* touch -- change modification and access times of files
- Copyright (C) 1987, 1989-1991, 1995-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software
- Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1987-2012 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
diff --git a/src/tr.c b/src/tr.c
index bc410aa9c..2a86b5a90 100644
--- a/src/tr.c
+++ b/src/tr.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* tr -- a filter to translate characters
- Copyright (C) 1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1991-2012 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
diff --git a/src/true.c b/src/true.c
index 658a7d97b..b37ac543c 100644
--- a/src/true.c
+++ b/src/true.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* Exit with a status code indicating success.
- Copyright (C) 1999-2003, 2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/src/tsort.c b/src/tsort.c
index dc69b1e0e..04ddbcd3d 100644
--- a/src/tsort.c
+++ b/src/tsort.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* tsort - topological sort.
- Copyright (C) 1998-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/src/tty.c b/src/tty.c
index a64440bd5..63598a0fe 100644
--- a/src/tty.c
+++ b/src/tty.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* tty -- print the name of the terminal connected to standard input
- Copyright (C) 1990-2005, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1990-2012 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
diff --git a/src/uname.c b/src/uname.c
index 04f2fd696..0eb123b62 100644
--- a/src/uname.c
+++ b/src/uname.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
/* uname -- print system information
- Copyright (C) 1989, 1992-1993, 1996-1997, 1999-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software
- Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/unexpand.c b/src/unexpand.c
index 908e444e5..ea0fc7100 100644
--- a/src/unexpand.c
+++ b/src/unexpand.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
/* unexpand - convert blanks to tabs
- Copyright (C) 1989, 1991, 1995-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation,
- Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/uniq.c b/src/uniq.c
index 20e2892bd..9ed59d78c 100644
--- a/src/uniq.c
+++ b/src/uniq.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* uniq -- remove duplicate lines from a sorted file
- Copyright (C) 1986, 1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1986-2012 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
diff --git a/src/unlink.c b/src/unlink.c
index 1759fe510..e2bab5a28 100644
--- a/src/unlink.c
+++ b/src/unlink.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* unlink utility for GNU.
- Copyright (C) 2001-2002, 2004, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/src/uptime.c b/src/uptime.c
index 1bb16ca80..f8c7cfabc 100644
--- a/src/uptime.c
+++ b/src/uptime.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* GNU's uptime.
- Copyright (C) 1992-2002, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1992-2012 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
diff --git a/src/users.c b/src/users.c
index e6e1e20de..48940aaaf 100644
--- a/src/users.c
+++ b/src/users.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* GNU's users.
- Copyright (C) 1992-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1992-2012 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
diff --git a/src/wc.c b/src/wc.c
index 8c45af333..1b8a7a4f2 100644
--- a/src/wc.c
+++ b/src/wc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* wc - print the number of lines, words, and bytes in files
- Copyright (C) 1985, 1991, 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1985-2012 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
diff --git a/src/wheel-gen.pl b/src/wheel-gen.pl
index 8d64437c5..65b60d12d 100755
--- a/src/wheel-gen.pl
+++ b/src/wheel-gen.pl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# Generate the spokes of a wheel, for wheel factorization.
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2005, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/src/whoami.c b/src/whoami.c
index 6d9ec754c..4e090f6fa 100644
--- a/src/whoami.c
+++ b/src/whoami.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
/* whoami -- print effective userid
- Copyright (C) 1989-1997, 1999-2002, 2004-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software
- Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2012 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
diff --git a/src/yes.c b/src/yes.c
index a6f815abc..cc4454669 100644
--- a/src/yes.c
+++ b/src/yes.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* yes - output a string repeatedly until killed
- Copyright (C) 1991-1997, 1999-2004, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1991-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/Coreutils.pm b/tests/Coreutils.pm
index 4d2d796d8..0c8bb82c4 100644
--- a/tests/Coreutils.pm
+++ b/tests/Coreutils.pm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
package Coreutils;
# This is a testing framework.
-# Copyright (C) 1998, 2000-2002, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/chgrp/deref b/tests/chgrp/deref
index dcdc4367a..18946b1fa 100755
--- a/tests/chgrp/deref
+++ b/tests/chgrp/deref
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# see if chgrp can change the group of a symlink
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/chgrp/no-x b/tests/chgrp/no-x
index c6688c623..6e9347f99 100755
--- a/tests/chgrp/no-x
+++ b/tests/chgrp/no-x
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Make sure chgrp gives the right diagnostic for a readable,
# but inaccessible directory.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/chgrp/recurse b/tests/chgrp/recurse
index 12c43f8e7..9f9587bf3 100755
--- a/tests/chgrp/recurse
+++ b/tests/chgrp/recurse
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# ad-hoc tests of chgrp with -R and -H or -L and symlinks
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2003-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/chmod/c-option b/tests/chmod/c-option
index e2fbf0768..9235b52fc 100755
--- a/tests/chmod/c-option
+++ b/tests/chmod/c-option
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Verify that chmod's --changes (-c) option works.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/chmod/equal-x b/tests/chmod/equal-x
index e846fc3d1..d2998d137 100755
--- a/tests/chmod/equal-x
+++ b/tests/chmod/equal-x
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Test "chmod =x" and the like.
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2000, 2002, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/chmod/equals b/tests/chmod/equals
index 38e7882b3..54c39aedf 100755
--- a/tests/chmod/equals
+++ b/tests/chmod/equals
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
# Before fileutils-4.1.2, some of them didn't.
# Also, before coreutils-5.3.1, =[ugo] sometimes didn't work.
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2002, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/chmod/no-x b/tests/chmod/no-x
index 19f439832..e802b356f 100755
--- a/tests/chmod/no-x
+++ b/tests/chmod/no-x
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Make sure chmod gives the right diagnostic for a readable,
# but inaccessible directory.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/chmod/setgid b/tests/chmod/setgid
index 817d5552f..eaa9351fd 100755
--- a/tests/chmod/setgid
+++ b/tests/chmod/setgid
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Make sure GNU chmod works the same way as those of Solaris, HPUX, AIX
# wrt directories with the setgid bit set.
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/chown/basic b/tests/chown/basic
index f5958b768..98145dac1 100755
--- a/tests/chown/basic
+++ b/tests/chown/basic
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# make sure chown --from=... works
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/chown/deref b/tests/chown/deref
index aeaf8ee76..9ba28062e 100755
--- a/tests/chown/deref
+++ b/tests/chown/deref
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# For coreutils-5.2.1 and earlier, chown --dereference would skip
# symlinks having owner/group matching the specified owner/group.
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/backup-1 b/tests/cp/backup-1
index 1cd0f43c0..c7ece5f4d 100755
--- a/tests/cp/backup-1
+++ b/tests/cp/backup-1
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Test cp backup.
-# Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation,
-# Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/backup-is-src b/tests/cp/backup-is-src
index 9fa7ec6e2..98e2ed09a 100755
--- a/tests/cp/backup-is-src
+++ b/tests/cp/backup-is-src
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Test cp backup to source file.
-# Copyright (C) 1998-2000, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/cp-HL b/tests/cp/cp-HL
index 805da8579..bbbd75a74 100755
--- a/tests/cp/cp-HL
+++ b/tests/cp/cp-HL
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# test cp's -H and -L options
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/cp-mv-backup b/tests/cp/cp-mv-backup
index 66cc74bf1..3e6b6ff90 100755
--- a/tests/cp/cp-mv-backup
+++ b/tests/cp/cp-mv-backup
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Test basic --backup functionality for both cp and mv.
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2000, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/cp-parents b/tests/cp/cp-parents
index 04c501b93..85fccd63b 100755
--- a/tests/cp/cp-parents
+++ b/tests/cp/cp-parents
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# cp -R --parents dir-specified-with-trailing-slash/ other-dir
# would get a failed assertion.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/deref-slink b/tests/cp/deref-slink
index 19fceae63..93f5cb8ae 100755
--- a/tests/cp/deref-slink
+++ b/tests/cp/deref-slink
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Demonstrate bug when using -d with an existing destination file
# that is a symlink.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/dir-rm-dest b/tests/cp/dir-rm-dest
index cb0545505..b2f0e72c5 100755
--- a/tests/cp/dir-rm-dest
+++ b/tests/cp/dir-rm-dest
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# verify that cp's --remove-destination option works with -R
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/dir-slash b/tests/cp/dir-slash
index 412407ae2..b14aad823 100755
--- a/tests/cp/dir-slash
+++ b/tests/cp/dir-slash
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Make sure that cp -R DIR1 DIR2 does the right thing
# when DIR1 is written with a trailing slash.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/dir-vs-file b/tests/cp/dir-vs-file
index d27cb955e..c8e388fa7 100755
--- a/tests/cp/dir-vs-file
+++ b/tests/cp/dir-vs-file
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# A directory may not replace an existing file.
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/fail-perm b/tests/cp/fail-perm
index 2b6133cd0..3835f6b0f 100755
--- a/tests/cp/fail-perm
+++ b/tests/cp/fail-perm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#!/bin/sh
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2002-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/into-self b/tests/cp/into-self
index 67cec7f95..6121f0ad8 100755
--- a/tests/cp/into-self
+++ b/tests/cp/into-self
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Confirm that copying a directory into itself gets a proper diagnostic.
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/link b/tests/cp/link
index d9dfe94f0..3a899f31c 100755
--- a/tests/cp/link
+++ b/tests/cp/link
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Make sure cp --link -f works when the target exists.
# This failed for 4.0z (due to a bug introduced in that test release).
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/link-preserve b/tests/cp/link-preserve
index 243cf3721..785c9e40a 100755
--- a/tests/cp/link-preserve
+++ b/tests/cp/link-preserve
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# ensure that 'cp -d' preserves hard-links between command line arguments
# ensure that --preserve=links works with -RH and -RL
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/no-deref-link1 b/tests/cp/no-deref-link1
index 677c284cf..8600b8e0a 100755
--- a/tests/cp/no-deref-link1
+++ b/tests/cp/no-deref-link1
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# cp from 3.16 fails this test
-# Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation,
-# Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/no-deref-link2 b/tests/cp/no-deref-link2
index 33fc43187..96d444fdf 100755
--- a/tests/cp/no-deref-link2
+++ b/tests/cp/no-deref-link2
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# cp from 3.16 fails this test
-# Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation,
-# Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/no-deref-link3 b/tests/cp/no-deref-link3
index 6ea56349d..629f2ae8d 100755
--- a/tests/cp/no-deref-link3
+++ b/tests/cp/no-deref-link3
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# cp from 3.16 fails this test
-# Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation,
-# Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/perm b/tests/cp/perm
index 7a03400b0..2e6126d62 100755
--- a/tests/cp/perm
+++ b/tests/cp/perm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Make sure the permission-preserving code in copy.c (mv, cp, install) works.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/preserve-2 b/tests/cp/preserve-2
index 7931654bc..fea4b6c33 100755
--- a/tests/cp/preserve-2
+++ b/tests/cp/preserve-2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# ensure that cp's --preserve=X,Y option is parsed properly
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/r-vs-symlink b/tests/cp/r-vs-symlink
index 36bf3a5c3..15616ffd7 100755
--- a/tests/cp/r-vs-symlink
+++ b/tests/cp/r-vs-symlink
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# cp -r should not create symlinks. Fixed in fileutils-4.1.5.
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/same-file b/tests/cp/same-file
index 440f342e3..d5abfe82b 100755
--- a/tests/cp/same-file
+++ b/tests/cp/same-file
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Test some of cp's options and how cp handles situations in
# which a naive implementation might overwrite the source file.
-# Copyright (C) 1998-2000, 2002-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/slink-2-slink b/tests/cp/slink-2-slink
index 8542db1bd..bf3238736 100755
--- a/tests/cp/slink-2-slink
+++ b/tests/cp/slink-2-slink
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# 'test cp --update A B' where A and B are both symlinks that point
# to the same file
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/special-bits b/tests/cp/special-bits
index 362401156..40795104c 100755
--- a/tests/cp/special-bits
+++ b/tests/cp/special-bits
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# make sure 'cp -p' preserves special bits
# This works only when run as root.
-# Copyright (C) 2000-2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/cp/symlink-slash b/tests/cp/symlink-slash
index eeaf97cdf..0b32b9536 100755
--- a/tests/cp/symlink-slash
+++ b/tests/cp/symlink-slash
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Make sure that cp -dR dereferences a symlink arg if its name is
# written with a trailing slash.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/dd/misc b/tests/dd/misc
index f388969a4..aad04dcb1 100755
--- a/tests/dd/misc
+++ b/tests/dd/misc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Ensure dd treats '--' properly.
# Also test some flag values.
-# Copyright (C) 1999, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/dd/not-rewound b/tests/dd/not-rewound
index 91af9f061..284dd4a1a 100755
--- a/tests/dd/not-rewound
+++ b/tests/dd/not-rewound
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Make sure dd does the right thing when the input file descriptor
# is not rewound.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/dd/skip-seek2 b/tests/dd/skip-seek2
index 67d4e5f77..e1d3edb41 100755
--- a/tests/dd/skip-seek2
+++ b/tests/dd/skip-seek2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# show how to skip an amount that is smaller than the nominal block size.
# There's a more realistic example in the documentation.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/dd/unblock-sync b/tests/dd/unblock-sync
index 24d7a2354..68239f228 100755
--- a/tests/dd/unblock-sync
+++ b/tests/dd/unblock-sync
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Ensure that dd conv=unblock,sync works.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/du/8gb b/tests/du/8gb
index e8803783c..2028d90a0 100755
--- a/tests/du/8gb
+++ b/tests/du/8gb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Ensure that du does not rely on narrow types like size_t for
# file sizes or sums.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/du/basic b/tests/du/basic
index 80bb0fff6..bb0980eee 100755
--- a/tests/du/basic
+++ b/tests/du/basic
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Compare actual numbers from du, assuming block size matches mine.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/du/deref b/tests/du/deref
index cfd84563b..bf2ead4d7 100755
--- a/tests/du/deref
+++ b/tests/du/deref
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
# Also, up to coreutils-8.5, du -L sometimes incorrectly
# counted the space of the followed symlinks.
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/du/fd-leak b/tests/du/fd-leak
index 1b379adc6..84a22760a 100755
--- a/tests/du/fd-leak
+++ b/tests/du/fd-leak
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# check for file descriptor leak
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/du/files0-from b/tests/du/files0-from
index 67e1e2e76..e6de79f0a 100755
--- a/tests/du/files0-from
+++ b/tests/du/files0-from
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Exercise du's --files0-from option.
# FIXME: keep this file in sync with tests/misc/wc-files0-from.
-# Copyright (C) 2004-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/du/hard-link b/tests/du/hard-link
index 4a8cccb9d..0e0641e75 100755
--- a/tests/du/hard-link
+++ b/tests/du/hard-link
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
# Likewise for excluded directories.
# Ensure that hard links _are_ listed twice when using --count-links.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/du/inaccessible-cwd b/tests/du/inaccessible-cwd
index 8aec65205..39e62584d 100755
--- a/tests/du/inaccessible-cwd
+++ b/tests/du/inaccessible-cwd
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Ensure that even when run from an inaccessible directory, du can still
# operate on accessible directories elsewhere.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/du/no-deref b/tests/du/no-deref
index 70c7cf884..2f2055123 100755
--- a/tests/du/no-deref
+++ b/tests/du/no-deref
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Ensure that by default, du doesn't dereference command-line symlinks.
-# Copyright (C) 2003-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/du/no-x b/tests/du/no-x
index 53084e1ca..28f797685 100755
--- a/tests/du/no-x
+++ b/tests/du/no-x
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Make sure du gives the right diagnostic for a readable,
# but inaccessible directory.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/du/restore-wd b/tests/du/restore-wd
index eb9dc98ef..19ed5fa00 100755
--- a/tests/du/restore-wd
+++ b/tests/du/restore-wd
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# due to a bug in glibc's ftw.c, in some cases, nftw w/FTW_CHDIR
# would not restore the working directory.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/du/slash b/tests/du/slash
index 24fc20079..95012411a 100755
--- a/tests/du/slash
+++ b/tests/du/slash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# 'du /' would omit the '/' on the last line.
-# Copyright (C) 2003-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/du/two-args b/tests/du/two-args
index 7b4359dc9..10c0a0578 100755
--- a/tests/du/two-args
+++ b/tests/du/two-args
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Make sure 'du d/1 d/2' works.
# That command failed with du from fileutils-4.0q.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/envvar-check b/tests/envvar-check
index 62fb512c0..5bf9343da 100644
--- a/tests/envvar-check
+++ b/tests/envvar-check
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# -*- sh -*-
# Check environment variables for sane values while testing.
-# Copyright (C) 2000-2001, 2003-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/install/basic-1 b/tests/install/basic-1
index 9f954eee4..722a947c0 100755
--- a/tests/install/basic-1
+++ b/tests/install/basic-1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#! /bin/sh
# Basic tests for "install".
-# Copyright (C) 1998, 2000-2002, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/install/create-leading b/tests/install/create-leading
index d1fea0682..0ecf4d958 100755
--- a/tests/install/create-leading
+++ b/tests/install/create-leading
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#! /bin/sh
# Test -D option.
-# Copyright (C) 2000-2001, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/ln/backup-1 b/tests/ln/backup-1
index 526f64d7c..ffd630bcf 100755
--- a/tests/ln/backup-1
+++ b/tests/ln/backup-1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Try to create a symlink with backup where the destination file exists
# and the backup file name is a hard link to the destination file.
-# Copyright (C) 1999, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/ln/misc b/tests/ln/misc
index 1b1742596..09baa2645 100755
--- a/tests/ln/misc
+++ b/tests/ln/misc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Miscellaneous tests for "ln".
-# Copyright (C) 1998-2000, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/ln/sf-1 b/tests/ln/sf-1
index 2513a875b..e7b680b5d 100755
--- a/tests/ln/sf-1
+++ b/tests/ln/sf-1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Test "ln -sf".
-# Copyright (C) 1997-2000, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/ln/target-1 b/tests/ln/target-1
index 87dfbf0cd..1d511e5e7 100755
--- a/tests/ln/target-1
+++ b/tests/ln/target-1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Test "ln --target-dir" with one file.
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/ls/dangle b/tests/ls/dangle
index 850fd4d90..dbc24476a 100755
--- a/tests/ls/dangle
+++ b/tests/ls/dangle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Make sure ls properly handles dangling symlinks vs. ls's -L, -H, options.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/ls/dired b/tests/ls/dired
index a16a0d483..6b55f435f 100755
--- a/tests/ls/dired
+++ b/tests/ls/dired
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# make sure --dired option works
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/ls/file-type b/tests/ls/file-type
index cba028c87..3bb7937a6 100755
--- a/tests/ls/file-type
+++ b/tests/ls/file-type
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# contrast ls -F, ls -p, and ls --indicator-style=file-type
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/ls/follow-slink b/tests/ls/follow-slink
index 7b5042c7c..d3c0d6ef5 100755
--- a/tests/ls/follow-slink
+++ b/tests/ls/follow-slink
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# make sure ls -L always follows symlinks
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/ls/infloop b/tests/ls/infloop
index a32b8488b..9652112c8 100755
--- a/tests/ls/infloop
+++ b/tests/ls/infloop
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# show that the following no longer makes ls infloop
# mkdir loop; cd loop; ln -s ../loop sub; ls -RL
# Also ensure ls exits with status = 2 in that case.
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/ls/inode b/tests/ls/inode
index b02878eb1..b5c881e27 100755
--- a/tests/ls/inode
+++ b/tests/ls/inode
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Make sure that ls -i works properly on symlinks.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/ls/m-option b/tests/ls/m-option
index 434688597..cc72e73cc 100755
--- a/tests/ls/m-option
+++ b/tests/ls/m-option
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# exercise the -m option
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/ls/no-arg b/tests/ls/no-arg
index 26774072f..8e7d1d616 100755
--- a/tests/ls/no-arg
+++ b/tests/ls/no-arg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# make sure ls and 'ls -R' do the right thing when invoked with no arguments.
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2003-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/ls/recursive b/tests/ls/recursive
index c76cb802e..79fdc7f30 100755
--- a/tests/ls/recursive
+++ b/tests/ls/recursive
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 had a bug whereby some recursive listings
# didn't include a blank line between per-directory groups of files.
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/ls/rt-1 b/tests/ls/rt-1
index a5e4fd740..f7d78df65 100755
--- a/tests/ls/rt-1
+++ b/tests/ls/rt-1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Make sure name is used as secondary key when sorting on mtime or ctime.
-# Copyright (C) 1998, 2001-2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/ls/symlink-slash b/tests/ls/symlink-slash
index 5adfdadcd..4bbf6f79c 100755
--- a/tests/ls/symlink-slash
+++ b/tests/ls/symlink-slash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Do dereference a symlink arg if its name is written with a trailing slash.
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2000, 2004, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/close-stdout b/tests/misc/close-stdout
index d7c9609d5..8af84c214 100755
--- a/tests/misc/close-stdout
+++ b/tests/misc/close-stdout
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Ensure that several programs work fine, even with stdout initially closed.
# This is effectively a test of closeout.c's close_stdout function.
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/date-sec b/tests/misc/date-sec
index 32463cf39..817e9243f 100755
--- a/tests/misc/date-sec
+++ b/tests/misc/date-sec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
# `date --date="21:04 +0100" +%S' always prints '00'.
# Before coreutils-5.2.1, it would print the seconds from the current time.
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/df b/tests/misc/df
index b48bb4042..fe5be3f3f 100755
--- a/tests/misc/df
+++ b/tests/misc/df
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Ensure that "df ." outputs a header.
-# Copyright (C) 2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/dircolors b/tests/misc/dircolors
index 7d00d1704..e2a703e36 100755
--- a/tests/misc/dircolors
+++ b/tests/misc/dircolors
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Simple dircolors tests.
-# Copyright (C) 1998, 2003, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/expr b/tests/misc/expr
index 556822848..fb81ce759 100755
--- a/tests/misc/expr
+++ b/tests/misc/expr
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Basic tests for "expr".
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2003-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/factor b/tests/misc/factor
index 97da9c474..fffd50bc7 100755
--- a/tests/misc/factor
+++ b/tests/misc/factor
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Basic tests for "factor".
-# Copyright (C) 1998-2000, 2003-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/false-status b/tests/misc/false-status
index 0e28009cd..d192bbd7e 100755
--- a/tests/misc/false-status
+++ b/tests/misc/false-status
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# ensure that false exits nonzero even with --help or --version
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/fmt-long-line b/tests/misc/fmt-long-line
index a405ad31d..04674e201 100755
--- a/tests/misc/fmt-long-line
+++ b/tests/misc/fmt-long-line
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# make sure fmt -s works even on long lines
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/fold b/tests/misc/fold
index ee7279e97..8291a70ed 100755
--- a/tests/misc/fold
+++ b/tests/misc/fold
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Exercise fold.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/head-c b/tests/misc/head-c
index f32e6394a..8a768a42a 100755
--- a/tests/misc/head-c
+++ b/tests/misc/head-c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# exercise the fix of 2001-08-18, based on test case from Ian Bruce
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/head-elide-tail b/tests/misc/head-elide-tail
index ed860471d..de4896bc5 100755
--- a/tests/misc/head-elide-tail
+++ b/tests/misc/head-elide-tail
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Exercise head's --bytes=-N option.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/head-pos b/tests/misc/head-pos
index 5e269050d..3d96261f9 100755
--- a/tests/misc/head-pos
+++ b/tests/misc/head-pos
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# When reading a specified number of lines, ensure that the output
# file pointer is positioned just after those lines.
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/ls-misc b/tests/misc/ls-misc
index 1f536005c..14e117672 100755
--- a/tests/misc/ls-misc
+++ b/tests/misc/ls-misc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
-# Copyright (C) 1998, 2000-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/ls-time b/tests/misc/ls-time
index a60b85524..4419ec7aa 100755
--- a/tests/misc/ls-time
+++ b/tests/misc/ls-time
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Test some of ls's sorting options.
-# Copyright (C) 1998-2001, 2004, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/md5sum b/tests/misc/md5sum
index 7c7356535..946eee865 100755
--- a/tests/misc/md5sum
+++ b/tests/misc/md5sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Basic tests for "md5sum".
-# Copyright (C) 1998-1999, 2003, 2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/md5sum-newline b/tests/misc/md5sum-newline
index 82cd06363..777241ff8 100755
--- a/tests/misc/md5sum-newline
+++ b/tests/misc/md5sum-newline
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Newline tests for "md5sum".
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2000, 2003, 2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/mknod b/tests/misc/mknod
index e4f5c960f..09334b826 100755
--- a/tests/misc/mknod
+++ b/tests/misc/mknod
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Ensure that mknod, mkfifo, mkdir -m MODE work with a restrictive umask
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/nice b/tests/misc/nice
index bb7cb5809..cbc135fda 100755
--- a/tests/misc/nice
+++ b/tests/misc/nice
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#! /bin/sh
# Test "nice".
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2003, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/nl b/tests/misc/nl
index 78a15ea00..b5a4ac635 100755
--- a/tests/misc/nl
+++ b/tests/misc/nl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# exercise nl functionality
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/nohup b/tests/misc/nohup
index 0fa1f3dc0..c6082aca5 100755
--- a/tests/misc/nohup
+++ b/tests/misc/nohup
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# test nohup
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/od-N b/tests/misc/od-N
index 4f6c08d3a..00d956a5f 100755
--- a/tests/misc/od-N
+++ b/tests/misc/od-N
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Verify that 'od -N N' reads no more than N bytes of input.
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/od-x8 b/tests/misc/od-x8
index eabab4066..98a9fe979 100755
--- a/tests/misc/od-x8
+++ b/tests/misc/od-x8
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# verify that od -t x8 works properly
# This would fail before coreutils-4.5.2.
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/paste b/tests/misc/paste
index eaa77eb87..3d5b41196 100755
--- a/tests/misc/paste
+++ b/tests/misc/paste
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Test paste.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/pathchk1 b/tests/misc/pathchk1
index d82e12c4f..373b545de 100755
--- a/tests/misc/pathchk1
+++ b/tests/misc/pathchk1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# pathchk tests
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/printf b/tests/misc/printf
index 30e592d48..987e452ae 100755
--- a/tests/misc/printf
+++ b/tests/misc/printf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# basic tests for printf
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/printf-hex b/tests/misc/printf-hex
index e6b099d9c..23a218faf 100755
--- a/tests/misc/printf-hex
+++ b/tests/misc/printf-hex
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# make sure that only two hex. digits are consumed in a \xHHH sequence
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/seq b/tests/misc/seq
index 3ea869f62..2517d9993 100755
--- a/tests/misc/seq
+++ b/tests/misc/seq
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Test "seq".
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2000, 2003, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/sha1sum b/tests/misc/sha1sum
index 75d1e4bbb..2b08c7fc0 100755
--- a/tests/misc/sha1sum
+++ b/tests/misc/sha1sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Test "sha1sum".
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2003, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/sha1sum-vec b/tests/misc/sha1sum-vec
index d7b5e0d8e..48da107de 100755
--- a/tests/misc/sha1sum-vec
+++ b/tests/misc/sha1sum-vec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Sample vectors for "sha1sum".
-# Copyright (C) 2000-2001, 2003, 2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/sha224sum b/tests/misc/sha224sum
index 5efc961ed..1da67381f 100755
--- a/tests/misc/sha224sum
+++ b/tests/misc/sha224sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Test "sha224sum".
-# Copyright (C) 2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2005-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/sha256sum b/tests/misc/sha256sum
index d8ac08208..fa408a635 100755
--- a/tests/misc/sha256sum
+++ b/tests/misc/sha256sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Test "sha256sum".
-# Copyright (C) 2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2005-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/sha384sum b/tests/misc/sha384sum
index 8d688e77e..921268b7b 100755
--- a/tests/misc/sha384sum
+++ b/tests/misc/sha384sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Test "sha384sum".
-# Copyright (C) 2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2005-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/sha512sum b/tests/misc/sha512sum
index 0c976d56e..7fdb396af 100755
--- a/tests/misc/sha512sum
+++ b/tests/misc/sha512sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Test "sha512sum".
-# Copyright (C) 2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2005-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/shred-exact b/tests/misc/shred-exact
index 13722cf35..22d14c30d 100755
--- a/tests/misc/shred-exact
+++ b/tests/misc/shred-exact
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# make sure that neither --exact nor --zero gobbles a command line argument
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2003-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/shred-remove b/tests/misc/shred-remove
index 30469ee1a..c060a21cb 100755
--- a/tests/misc/shred-remove
+++ b/tests/misc/shred-remove
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Exercise a bug that was fixed in shred-4.0l
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2000, 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/sort-merge b/tests/misc/sort-merge
index 8cdde1875..7a56dc125 100755
--- a/tests/misc/sort-merge
+++ b/tests/misc/sort-merge
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Test "sort -m".
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2003, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/stat-fmt b/tests/misc/stat-fmt
index b29c83e26..af428151f 100755
--- a/tests/misc/stat-fmt
+++ b/tests/misc/stat-fmt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# ensure that stat properly handles a format string ending with %
-# Copyright (C) 2003-2004, 2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/stty b/tests/misc/stty
index c2999417c..650231f16 100755
--- a/tests/misc/stty
+++ b/tests/misc/stty
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#! /bin/sh
# Make sure stty can parse most of its options.
-# Copyright (C) 1998-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/stty-row-col b/tests/misc/stty-row-col
index 9a498e85a..bcbc7bc64 100755
--- a/tests/misc/stty-row-col
+++ b/tests/misc/stty-row-col
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#! /bin/sh
# Test "stty" with rows and columns.
-# Copyright (C) 1998-2001, 2003-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/sum b/tests/misc/sum
index 14a3d794f..8aaa6350e 100755
--- a/tests/misc/sum
+++ b/tests/misc/sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Test "sum".
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2003, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/sum-sysv b/tests/misc/sum-sysv
index 6132ee1bc..9cdf07fc6 100755
--- a/tests/misc/sum-sysv
+++ b/tests/misc/sum-sysv
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# make sure 'sum -s' works for input whose sum of bytes is larger than 2^32
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/tac-continue b/tests/misc/tac-continue
index bbbe9dc9d..d9cc550ac 100755
--- a/tests/misc/tac-continue
+++ b/tests/misc/tac-continue
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
# when it encounters an error with say the first one.
# With coreutils-5.2.1 and earlier, this test would fail.
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/tsort b/tests/misc/tsort
index 6f41cc07a..cc8ac957f 100755
--- a/tests/misc/tsort
+++ b/tests/misc/tsort
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Test "tsort".
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2000, 2003-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/tty-eof b/tests/misc/tty-eof
index d6c4a7714..9e866139c 100755
--- a/tests/misc/tty-eof
+++ b/tests/misc/tty-eof
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
# Do the same for all programs that can read stdin,
# require no arguments and that write to standard output.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/unexpand b/tests/misc/unexpand
index d74976544..633a1603f 100755
--- a/tests/misc/unexpand
+++ b/tests/misc/unexpand
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Test "unexpand".
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2003-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/misc/wc b/tests/misc/wc
index e00415fa3..713663f7b 100755
--- a/tests/misc/wc
+++ b/tests/misc/wc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Basic tests for "wc".
-# Copyright (C) 1997, 2003, 2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mkdir/p-1 b/tests/mkdir/p-1
index af3b8bd02..a2c41455d 100755
--- a/tests/mkdir/p-1
+++ b/tests/mkdir/p-1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Test "mkdir -p".
-# Copyright (C) 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mkdir/p-2 b/tests/mkdir/p-2
index 0c677bd02..7d1d09501 100755
--- a/tests/mkdir/p-2
+++ b/tests/mkdir/p-2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Just like p-1, but with an absolute path.
-# Copyright (C) 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mkdir/parents b/tests/mkdir/parents
index 9e533215d..c9bf37bb0 100755
--- a/tests/mkdir/parents
+++ b/tests/mkdir/parents
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# make sure mkdir's -p options works properly
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mkdir/perm b/tests/mkdir/perm
index 048fafcc0..cabae6cc9 100755
--- a/tests/mkdir/perm
+++ b/tests/mkdir/perm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Verify that mkdir's '-m MODE' option works properly
# with various umask settings.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2002-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mkdir/special-1 b/tests/mkdir/special-1
index 18eb6d79f..fbf3f1f7b 100755
--- a/tests/mkdir/special-1
+++ b/tests/mkdir/special-1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# verify that mkdir honors special bits in MODE
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mkdir/t-slash b/tests/mkdir/t-slash
index 7d5116a21..7b3c1ba30 100755
--- a/tests/mkdir/t-slash
+++ b/tests/mkdir/t-slash
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Ensure that mkdir works with arguments specified with and without
# a trailing slash.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mkdir/writable-under-readonly b/tests/mkdir/writable-under-readonly
index 15187dfea..93e46d5b2 100755
--- a/tests/mkdir/writable-under-readonly
+++ b/tests/mkdir/writable-under-readonly
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# FIXME: convert this to a root-only test.
-# Copyright (C) 2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2005-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/backup-is-src b/tests/mv/backup-is-src
index ce51001a5..e1383a14d 100755
--- a/tests/mv/backup-is-src
+++ b/tests/mv/backup-is-src
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Force mv to use the copying code.
-# Copyright (C) 1998-2000, 2004, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/childproof b/tests/mv/childproof
index 94e64ad68..04774d294 100755
--- a/tests/mv/childproof
+++ b/tests/mv/childproof
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
# With fileutils-4.1 and earlier, this test would fail for cp and mv.
# With coreutils-6.9 and earlier, this test would fail for ln.
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/diag b/tests/mv/diag
index 7fbe46bd6..d7c287030 100755
--- a/tests/mv/diag
+++ b/tests/mv/diag
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# make sure we get proper diagnostics: e.g., with --target-dir=d but no args
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/dir-file b/tests/mv/dir-file
index 29c63e71f..fb1a59424 100755
--- a/tests/mv/dir-file
+++ b/tests/mv/dir-file
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# mv must fail when src and dest are mismatched directory/non-directory.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/dup-source b/tests/mv/dup-source
index 0b102b9bc..ea88a046e 100755
--- a/tests/mv/dup-source
+++ b/tests/mv/dup-source
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
# made this fail: cp a a d/
# Ensure that mv fails with a similar command.
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/force b/tests/mv/force
index 320ab563b..79ff9e95a 100755
--- a/tests/mv/force
+++ b/tests/mv/force
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# move a file onto itself
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2000, 2002, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/hard-2 b/tests/mv/hard-2
index 69b4a2d54..c1d25af0a 100755
--- a/tests/mv/hard-2
+++ b/tests/mv/hard-2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Ensure that moving hard-linked arguments onto existing destinations works.
# Likewise when using cp --preserve=link.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/hard-3 b/tests/mv/hard-3
index 1a1f82fff..9dd8ad592 100755
--- a/tests/mv/hard-3
+++ b/tests/mv/hard-3
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Ensure that using 'cp --preserve=link' to copy hard-linked arguments
# onto existing destinations works, even when one of the link operations fails.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/hard-4 b/tests/mv/hard-4
index e05ba29af..645ead3c5 100755
--- a/tests/mv/hard-4
+++ b/tests/mv/hard-4
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# ensure that mv removes a in this case: touch a; ln a b; mv a b
-# Copyright (C) 2003-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/hard-link-1 b/tests/mv/hard-link-1
index d40777e2a..eccd8bcdb 100755
--- a/tests/mv/hard-link-1
+++ b/tests/mv/hard-link-1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# move a directory containing hard-linked files and
# make sure the links are preserved
-# Copyright (C) 1998-2000, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/i-1 b/tests/mv/i-1
index 5895137da..5fa054ab3 100755
--- a/tests/mv/i-1
+++ b/tests/mv/i-1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Make sure a 'n' reply to 'mv -i...' aborts the move operation.
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2003, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/i-2 b/tests/mv/i-2
index 875c72134..84ccfe58b 100755
--- a/tests/mv/i-2
+++ b/tests/mv/i-2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Test both cp and mv for their behavior with -if and -fi
# The standards (POSIX and SuS) dictate annoyingly inconsistent behavior.
-# Copyright (C) 2000-2001, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/i-3 b/tests/mv/i-3
index 050377d35..262b5ba04 100755
--- a/tests/mv/i-3
+++ b/tests/mv/i-3
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Make sure that 'mv file unwritable-file' prompts the user
# and that 'mv -f file unwritable-file' doesn't.
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/i-4 b/tests/mv/i-4
index 5a95e9963..bcf3fdda2 100755
--- a/tests/mv/i-4
+++ b/tests/mv/i-4
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# make sure 'mv -i a b' does its job with a positive response
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/i-link-no b/tests/mv/i-link-no
index 632b78d58..a37a1ffba 100755
--- a/tests/mv/i-link-no
+++ b/tests/mv/i-link-no
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Show that mv doesn't preserve links to files the user has declined to move.
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/into-self b/tests/mv/into-self
index 87c2d8e40..231d69c2c 100755
--- a/tests/mv/into-self
+++ b/tests/mv/into-self
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#! /bin/sh
# Demonstrate how mv fails when it tries to move a directory into itself.
-# Copyright (C) 1998-2000, 2002, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/into-self-2 b/tests/mv/into-self-2
index d5d921857..3e6ace718 100755
--- a/tests/mv/into-self-2
+++ b/tests/mv/into-self-2
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
# Consider the case where SRC and DEST are on different
# partitions and DEST is a symlink to SRC.
-# Copyright (C) 1998-2000, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/into-self-3 b/tests/mv/into-self-3
index ec7d02cc7..b2b8f8351 100755
--- a/tests/mv/into-self-3
+++ b/tests/mv/into-self-3
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# move a directory into itself, with a twist
-# Copyright (C) 1998-2000, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/into-self-4 b/tests/mv/into-self-4
index 8df87a2cc..5119e8fa3 100755
--- a/tests/mv/into-self-4
+++ b/tests/mv/into-self-4
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# confirm that 'mv symlink symlink' doesn't remove symlink
# Based on an example from David Luyer.
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/leak-fd b/tests/mv/leak-fd
index 039501c07..532bdb082 100755
--- a/tests/mv/leak-fd
+++ b/tests/mv/leak-fd
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Exercise mv's file-descriptor-leak bug, reported against coreutils-5.2.1
# and fixed (properly) on 2004-10-21.
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/mv-special-1 b/tests/mv/mv-special-1
index 02b681e24..dac55d0c2 100755
--- a/tests/mv/mv-special-1
+++ b/tests/mv/mv-special-1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#! /bin/sh
# Test "mv" with special files.
-# Copyright (C) 1998-2000, 2002, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/part-fail b/tests/mv/part-fail
index 3a3e37f21..499a6b66f 100755
--- a/tests/mv/part-fail
+++ b/tests/mv/part-fail
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
# This is a bit fragile since it relies on the string used
# for EPERM: 'permission denied'.
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/part-rename b/tests/mv/part-rename
index abff86d91..19d9ecb75 100755
--- a/tests/mv/part-rename
+++ b/tests/mv/part-rename
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
# another, and giving it a different name at the destination would cause mv
# to get a failed assertion.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/part-symlink b/tests/mv/part-symlink
index 82a82c674..30cb4400e 100755
--- a/tests/mv/part-symlink
+++ b/tests/mv/part-symlink
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# make sure cp and mv can handle many combinations of local and
# other-partition regular/symlink'd files.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2003-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/partition-perm b/tests/mv/partition-perm
index 55b784e20..65ae5d024 100755
--- a/tests/mv/partition-perm
+++ b/tests/mv/partition-perm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Make sure permissions are preserved when moving from one partition to another.
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2001, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/perm-1 b/tests/mv/perm-1
index b1c9842ea..3a7944a66 100755
--- a/tests/mv/perm-1
+++ b/tests/mv/perm-1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# ensure that mv gives one diagnostic, not two, when failing
# due to lack of permissions
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/to-symlink b/tests/mv/to-symlink
index 70ebe47f7..2a064b64f 100755
--- a/tests/mv/to-symlink
+++ b/tests/mv/to-symlink
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Make sure that the copying code used in an inter-partition
# move unlinks a destination symlink before opening it.
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2000, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/trailing-slash b/tests/mv/trailing-slash
index 5bae2f5c6..26f880250 100755
--- a/tests/mv/trailing-slash
+++ b/tests/mv/trailing-slash
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
# Also, ensure that "mv dir non-exist-dir/" works.
# Also, ensure that "cp dir non-exist-dir/" works.
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/update b/tests/mv/update
index 15b547689..d002a183b 100755
--- a/tests/mv/update
+++ b/tests/mv/update
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# make sure --update works as advertised
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/mv/vfat b/tests/mv/vfat
index 78b1ccc0a..45e426ee1 100644
--- a/tests/mv/vfat
+++ b/tests/mv/vfat
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# This is just for the record.
# This test is not run.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/other-fs-tmpdir b/tests/other-fs-tmpdir
index 377601977..d3d3a55cd 100644
--- a/tests/other-fs-tmpdir
+++ b/tests/other-fs-tmpdir
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
# of the current directory. If one is found, create a temporary directory
# inside it.
-# Copyright (C) 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation,
-# Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/readlink/can-e b/tests/readlink/can-e
index 3596be73f..5dc73892d 100755
--- a/tests/readlink/can-e
+++ b/tests/readlink/can-e
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# tests for canonicalize-existing mode (readlink -e).
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/readlink/can-f b/tests/readlink/can-f
index 30820b435..aff8c80ed 100755
--- a/tests/readlink/can-f
+++ b/tests/readlink/can-f
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# tests for canonicalize mode (readlink -f).
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/readlink/can-m b/tests/readlink/can-m
index 5e94aff25..d3e0b7c30 100755
--- a/tests/readlink/can-m
+++ b/tests/readlink/can-m
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# tests for canonicalize-missing mode (readlink -m).
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/readlink/rl-1 b/tests/readlink/rl-1
index bac3cd1d8..7f2ddc2e0 100755
--- a/tests/readlink/rl-1
+++ b/tests/readlink/rl-1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# test for readlink mode.
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/cycle b/tests/rm/cycle
index 5f1fb3a01..33e1283b6 100755
--- a/tests/rm/cycle
+++ b/tests/rm/cycle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# rm (coreutils-4.5.4) could be tricked into mistakenly reporting a cycle.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/dangling-symlink b/tests/rm/dangling-symlink
index 24188031a..92a59066a 100755
--- a/tests/rm/dangling-symlink
+++ b/tests/rm/dangling-symlink
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
# But for fileutils-4.1.9, it would do the former and
# for fileutils-4.1.10 the latter.
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2004-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/deep-1 b/tests/rm/deep-1
index ee7ebe338..f739eb594 100755
--- a/tests/rm/deep-1
+++ b/tests/rm/deep-1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Test "rm" with a deep hierarchy.
-# Copyright (C) 1997, 2002-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/dir-no-w b/tests/rm/dir-no-w
index 0342956ba..ce33b98e5 100755
--- a/tests/rm/dir-no-w
+++ b/tests/rm/dir-no-w
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# rm (without -r) must give a diagnostic for any directory.
# It must not prompt, even if that directory is unwritable.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/dot-rel b/tests/rm/dot-rel
index 84044a1c1..fc693596a 100755
--- a/tests/rm/dot-rel
+++ b/tests/rm/dot-rel
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Use rm -r to remove two non-empty dot-relative directories.
# This would have failed between 2004-10-18 and 2004-10-21.
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/empty-name b/tests/rm/empty-name
index bb8307a50..b609170dc 100755
--- a/tests/rm/empty-name
+++ b/tests/rm/empty-name
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Make sure that rm -r '' fails.
-# Copyright (C) 1998, 2003, 2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/f-1 b/tests/rm/f-1
index e24ff125d..e1ed8d4fa 100755
--- a/tests/rm/f-1
+++ b/tests/rm/f-1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Test "rm -f" with a nonexistent file.
-# Copyright (C) 1997, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/fail-2eperm b/tests/rm/fail-2eperm
index 56c27c438..9162892ee 100755
--- a/tests/rm/fail-2eperm
+++ b/tests/rm/fail-2eperm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Like fail-eperm, but the failure must be for a file encountered
# while trying to remove the containing directory with the sticky bit set.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/fail-eperm b/tests/rm/fail-eperm
index b51cdc77c..6e34d5d3e 100755
--- a/tests/rm/fail-eperm
+++ b/tests/rm/fail-eperm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Ensure that rm gives the expected diagnostic when failing to remove a file
# owned by some other user in a directory with the sticky bit set.
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/hash b/tests/rm/hash
index 4d6d45324..dc443e1fd 100755
--- a/tests/rm/hash
+++ b/tests/rm/hash
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
# Before then, rm would fail occasionally, sometimes via
# a failed assertion, others with a seg fault.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2002-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/i-1 b/tests/rm/i-1
index df023a85c..67df853f5 100755
--- a/tests/rm/i-1
+++ b/tests/rm/i-1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Test "rm -i".
-# Copyright (C) 1997-1998, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/i-no-r b/tests/rm/i-no-r
index 8a3e76958..6b22e1ca1 100755
--- a/tests/rm/i-no-r
+++ b/tests/rm/i-no-r
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
# recurse into directory DIR. rm -i (without -r) must fail in that case.
# Fixed in coreutils-4.5.2.
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/inaccessible b/tests/rm/inaccessible
index 517a384f9..e9e1788ea 100755
--- a/tests/rm/inaccessible
+++ b/tests/rm/inaccessible
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Ensure that rm works even when run from a directory
# for which the user has no access at all.
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/ir-1 b/tests/rm/ir-1
index ea68745c9..ac2959020 100755
--- a/tests/rm/ir-1
+++ b/tests/rm/ir-1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Test "rm -ir".
-# Copyright (C) 1997-1998, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/no-give-up b/tests/rm/no-give-up
index 2644c8afc..0deb262a4 100755
--- a/tests/rm/no-give-up
+++ b/tests/rm/no-give-up
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# With rm from coreutils-5.2.1 and earlier, 'rm -r' would mistakenly
# give up too early under some conditions.
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/r-1 b/tests/rm/r-1
index 6fded413e..858269d75 100755
--- a/tests/rm/r-1
+++ b/tests/rm/r-1
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Test "rm -r --verbose".
-# Copyright (C) 1997-1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/r-2 b/tests/rm/r-2
index 0a588316b..c946f63db 100755
--- a/tests/rm/r-2
+++ b/tests/rm/r-2
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Test "rm -r --verbose".
-# Copyright (C) 1997-1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/r-3 b/tests/rm/r-3
index b4822f3de..71c8a0f64 100755
--- a/tests/rm/r-3
+++ b/tests/rm/r-3
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Create and remove a directory with more than 254 files.
-# Copyright (C) 1997, 2001-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/readdir-bug b/tests/rm/readdir-bug
index 3835049ee..939ce9862 100755
--- a/tests/rm/readdir-bug
+++ b/tests/rm/readdir-bug
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Exercise the Darwin/MacOS bug worked around on 2006-09-29,
# whereby rm would fail to remove all entries in a directory.
-# Copyright (C) 2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/rm1 b/tests/rm/rm1
index 672f0f0a0..aa90c57cc 100755
--- a/tests/rm/rm1
+++ b/tests/rm/rm1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# exercise another small part of remove.c
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/rm3 b/tests/rm/rm3
index bf43f5e2d..37ee87b22 100755
--- a/tests/rm/rm3
+++ b/tests/rm/rm3
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# exercise another small part of remove.c
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/rm4 b/tests/rm/rm4
index 63d8029d0..3e22aad9d 100755
--- a/tests/rm/rm4
+++ b/tests/rm/rm4
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# ensure that 'rm dir' fails without --recursive
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/rm5 b/tests/rm/rm5
index 2201ec469..56c6bbc26 100755
--- a/tests/rm/rm5
+++ b/tests/rm/rm5
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# a basic test of rm -ri
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/sunos-1 b/tests/rm/sunos-1
index 8f1e74605..584236abc 100755
--- a/tests/rm/sunos-1
+++ b/tests/rm/sunos-1
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Make sure that rm -r '' fails.
-# Copyright (C) 1997-1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008-2012 Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/unread3 b/tests/rm/unread3
index 8e09d70a5..336c05a1b 100755
--- a/tests/rm/unread3
+++ b/tests/rm/unread3
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Ensure that rm works even from an unreadable working directory.
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rm/unreadable b/tests/rm/unreadable
index e5158273b..ebc8511c2 100755
--- a/tests/rm/unreadable
+++ b/tests/rm/unreadable
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Test "rm" and unreadable directories.
-# Copyright (C) 1998, 2003, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rmdir/fail-perm b/tests/rmdir/fail-perm
index 7deba62ea..49cfb00ab 100755
--- a/tests/rmdir/fail-perm
+++ b/tests/rmdir/fail-perm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# For unwritable directory 'd', 'rmdir -p d d/e/f' would emit
# diagnostics but would not fail. Fixed in 5.1.2.
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rmdir/ignore b/tests/rmdir/ignore
index 641caab7a..dd02819d2 100755
--- a/tests/rmdir/ignore
+++ b/tests/rmdir/ignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# make sure rmdir's --ignore-fail-on-non-empty option works
-# Copyright (C) 1999, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/rmdir/t-slash b/tests/rmdir/t-slash
index 8c7052fac..38e9f20d7 100755
--- a/tests/rmdir/t-slash
+++ b/tests/rmdir/t-slash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# make sure rmdir -p works on a directory specified with a trailing slash
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/split/lines b/tests/split/lines
index f4db729e5..35eb3eb2a 100755
--- a/tests/split/lines
+++ b/tests/split/lines
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# show that 'split --lines=2' works.
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/assert b/tests/tail-2/assert
index c34f90d77..37b9afbcf 100755
--- a/tests/tail-2/assert
+++ b/tests/tail-2/assert
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Test for assertion failure in "test".
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2000, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/assert-2 b/tests/tail-2/assert-2
index b8f099d5f..e6c95f824 100755
--- a/tests/tail-2/assert-2
+++ b/tests/tail-2/assert-2
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
# Due to a race condition in the test, the 'assert' script would get
# the UMR on Solaris only some of the time, and not at all on Linux/GNU.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/big-4gb b/tests/tail-2/big-4gb
index 171dd1bd7..8ace3183b 100755
--- a/tests/tail-2/big-4gb
+++ b/tests/tail-2/big-4gb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Demonstrate a bug in 'tail -cN' when operating on files of size 4G and larger
# Fixed in coreutils-4.5.2.
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/infloop-1 b/tests/tail-2/infloop-1
index f4b9499a6..3f45f7741 100755
--- a/tests/tail-2/infloop-1
+++ b/tests/tail-2/infloop-1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# This test would fail with tail from pre-1.22i textutils.
-# Copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/pid b/tests/tail-2/pid
index e2af62577..0a26f8d3d 100755
--- a/tests/tail-2/pid
+++ b/tests/tail-2/pid
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Test the --pid option of tail.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/proc-ksyms b/tests/tail-2/proc-ksyms
index e3577a85a..ad446d350 100755
--- a/tests/tail-2/proc-ksyms
+++ b/tests/tail-2/proc-ksyms
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Prior to textutils-2.0.17, 'tail /proc/ksyms' would segfault on Linux.
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/start-middle b/tests/tail-2/start-middle
index f4038caf9..5b40de45c 100755
--- a/tests/tail-2/start-middle
+++ b/tests/tail-2/start-middle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Verify that tail works even when it's reading from a file
# that is not at its beginning. Based on a report from John Roll.
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/tail-n0f b/tests/tail-2/tail-n0f
index 29448d986..2b2147a7f 100755
--- a/tests/tail-2/tail-n0f
+++ b/tests/tail-2/tail-n0f
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Make sure that 'tail -n0 -f' and 'tail -c0 -f' sleep
# rather than doing what amounted to a busy-wait.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/wait b/tests/tail-2/wait
index 24764bd06..587b44954 100755
--- a/tests/tail-2/wait
+++ b/tests/tail-2/wait
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Make sure that 'tail -f' returns immediately if a file doesn't exist
# while 'tail -F' waits for it to appear.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/touch/dangling-symlink b/tests/touch/dangling-symlink
index b79673811..576a302bb 100755
--- a/tests/touch/dangling-symlink
+++ b/tests/touch/dangling-symlink
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Make sure touch can create a file through a dangling symlink.
# This was broken in the 4.0[e-i] test releases.
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2000, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/touch/empty-file b/tests/touch/empty-file
index 2d4f4e98e..cd679c41e 100755
--- a/tests/touch/empty-file
+++ b/tests/touch/empty-file
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Make sure touch can set the mtime on an empty file.
-# Copyright (C) 1998-2000, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/touch/fail-diag b/tests/touch/fail-diag
index 6cdc1e2af..b74d2a5bb 100755
--- a/tests/touch/fail-diag
+++ b/tests/touch/fail-diag
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# make sure touch gives reasonable diagnostics
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/touch/fifo b/tests/touch/fifo
index 873448806..65f4328cc 100755
--- a/tests/touch/fifo
+++ b/tests/touch/fifo
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Make sure touch works on fifos without hanging.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/touch/no-create-missing b/tests/touch/no-create-missing
index b7ff7ffcb..88a079a01 100755
--- a/tests/touch/no-create-missing
+++ b/tests/touch/no-create-missing
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Ensure that touch -c no-such-file no longer fails (it did in 4.1.8).
-# Copyright (C) 2002, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/touch/no-rights b/tests/touch/no-rights
index c9955ea36..25364e287 100755
--- a/tests/touch/no-rights
+++ b/tests/touch/no-rights
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Make sure touch can update the times on a file that is neither
# readable nor writable.
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2000, 2002, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/touch/obsolescent b/tests/touch/obsolescent
index 83c46dfc1..d403127be 100755
--- a/tests/touch/obsolescent
+++ b/tests/touch/obsolescent
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Test touch with obsolescent 8- or 10-digit time stamps.
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2012 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
diff --git a/tests/touch/relative b/tests/touch/relative
index 0d90d56ca..ba199fce0 100755
--- a/tests/touch/relative
+++ b/tests/touch/relative
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Demonstrate using a combination of --reference and --date to
# set the time of a file back by an arbitrary amount.
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 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