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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 326929125..95453c746 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ @c %**start of header @setfilename coreutils.info @settitle GNU Coreutils +@allowcodebreaks false @c %**end of header @@ -541,7 +542,7 @@ insights to the overall process. @macro optBackup @item -b -@itemx @w{@kbd{--backup}[=@var{method}]} +@itemx --backup[=@var{method}] @opindex -b @opindex --backup @vindex VERSION_CONTROL @@ -561,7 +562,7 @@ Append @var{suffix} to each backup file made with @option{-b}. @macro optTargetDirectory @item -t @var{directory} -@itemx @w{@kbd{--target-directory}=@var{directory}} +@itemx --target-directory=@var{directory} @opindex -t @opindex --target-directory @cindex target directory @@ -618,7 +619,7 @@ Use the @option{--si} option if you prefer powers of 1000. @end macro @macro optStripTrailingSlashes -@item @w{@kbd{--strip-trailing-slashes}} +@item --strip-trailing-slashes @opindex --strip-trailing-slashes @cindex stripping trailing slashes Remove any trailing slashes from each @var{source} argument. @@ -784,7 +785,7 @@ briefly mentioned in the descriptions of the particular programs. @table @samp @item -b -@itemx @w{@kbd{--backup}[=@var{method}]} +@itemx --backup[=@var{method}] @opindex -b @opindex --backup @vindex VERSION_CONTROL @@ -1242,7 +1243,7 @@ treated as a directory and want a diagnostic otherwise, you can use the @option{--target-directory} (@option{-t}) option. @item -t @var{directory} -@itemx @w{@kbd{--target-directory}=@var{directory}} +@itemx --target-directory=@var{directory} @opindex --target-directory @cindex target directory @cindex destination directory @@ -1265,7 +1266,7 @@ invocation of the subject command. (It can be done by going through a shell command, but that requires more human labor and brain power than it should.) -The @w{@kbd{--target-directory}} (@option{-t}) option allows the @command{cp}, +The @option{--target-directory} (@option{-t}) option allows the @command{cp}, @command{install}, @command{ln}, and @command{mv} programs to be used conveniently with @command{xargs}. For example, you can move the files from the current directory to a sibling directory, @code{d} like this: @@ -1309,7 +1310,7 @@ options cannot be combined. Some GNU programs (at least @command{cp} and @command{mv}) allow you to remove any trailing slashes from each @var{source} argument before -operating on it. The @w{@kbd{--strip-trailing-slashes}} option enables +operating on it. The @option{--strip-trailing-slashes} option enables this behavior. This is useful when a @var{source} argument may have a trailing slash and @@ -5356,7 +5357,7 @@ compatibility; GNU Standards normally discourage output parameters not introduced by an option. Note that for @emph{any} file named as the value of an option or as an -input text file, a single dash @kbd{-} may be used, in which case +input text file, a single dash @samp{-} may be used, in which case standard input is assumed. However, it would not make sense to use this convention more than once per program invocation. @@ -5654,7 +5655,7 @@ extensions are disabled. Option @option{-M} can be used to change In this output format, each non-graphical character, like newline and tab, is merely changed to exactly one space, with no special attempt to -compress consecutive spaces. Each quote character: @kbd{"} is doubled +compress consecutive spaces. Each quote character @samp{"} is doubled so it will be correctly processed by @command{nroff} or @command{troff}. @item -T @@ -5676,9 +5677,9 @@ selected, the last parameter of each @code{\xx} call is inhibited. Option @option{-M} can be used to change @samp{xx} to another macro name. -In this output format, some special characters, like @kbd{$}, @kbd{%}, -@kbd{&}, @kbd{#} and @kbd{_} are automatically protected with a -backslash. Curly brackets @kbd{@{}, @kbd{@}} are protected with a +In this output format, some special characters, like @samp{$}, @samp{%}, +@samp{&}, @samp{#} and @samp{_} are automatically protected with a +backslash. Curly brackets @samp{@{}, @samp{@}} are protected with a backslash and a pair of dollar signs (to force mathematical mode). The backslash itself produces the sequence @code{\backslash@{@}}. Circumflex and tilde diacritical marks produce the sequence @code{^\@{ @}} and @@ -5743,7 +5744,7 @@ All 256 bytes, even ASCII NUL bytes, are always read and processed from input file with no adverse effect, even if GNU extensions are disabled. However, System V @command{ptx} does not accept 8-bit characters, a few control characters are rejected, and the tilde -@kbd{~} is also rejected. +@samp{~} is also rejected. @item Input line length is only limited by available memory, even if GNU @@ -8106,7 +8107,7 @@ If the destination already exists, do not alter its contents. See the @option{--preserve} option for controlling which attributes to copy. @item -b -@itemx @w{@kbd{--backup}[=@var{method}]} +@itemx --backup[=@var{method}] @opindex -b @opindex --backup @vindex VERSION_CONTROL @@ -8220,7 +8221,7 @@ they point to. This option affects only symbolic links in the source; symbolic links in the destination are always followed if possible. @item -p -@itemx @w{@kbd{--preserve}[=@var{attribute_list}]} +@itemx --preserve[=@var{attribute_list}] @opindex -p @opindex --preserve @cindex file information, preserving, extended attributes, xattr @@ -8294,7 +8295,7 @@ mode bits of the corresponding source file, minus the bits set in the umask and minus the set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits. @xref{File permissions}. -@item @w{@kbd{--no-preserve}=@var{attribute_list}} +@item --no-preserve=@var{attribute_list} @cindex file information, preserving Do not preserve the specified attributes. The @var{attribute_list} has the same form as for @option{--preserve}. @@ -10518,7 +10519,7 @@ actually changes. Do not print error messages about files whose ownership cannot be changed. -@item @w{@kbd{--from}=@var{old-owner}} +@item --from=@var{old-owner} @opindex --from @cindex symbolic links, changing owner Change a @var{file}'s ownership only if it has current attributes specified @@ -11189,7 +11190,7 @@ disks, but on some systems (notably SunOS) the results may be slightly out of date. This is the default. @item --output -@itemx @w{@kbd{--output}[=@var{field_list}]} +@itemx --output[=@var{field_list}] @opindex --output Use the output format defined by @var{field_list}, or print all fields if @var{field_list} is omitted. In the latter case, the order of the columns @@ -13927,7 +13928,7 @@ Assume input characters are UTF-8 encoded. May be negated. @opindex ixon @kindex C-s/C-q flow control @cindex XON/XOFF flow control -Enable XON/XOFF flow control (that is, @kbd{CTRL-S}/@kbd{CTRL-Q}). May +Enable XON/XOFF flow control (that is, @kbd{Ctrl-S}/@kbd{Ctrl-Q}). May be negated. @item ixoff |