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Diffstat (limited to 'src/tail.c')
-rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index 0f1a37c07..8389467b4 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -268,25 +268,24 @@ With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\ emit_mandatory_arg_note (); fputs (_("\ - -c, --bytes=K output the last K bytes; alternatively, use -c +K\n\ - to output bytes starting with the Kth of each file\n\ + -c, --bytes=K output the last K bytes; or use -c +K to output\n\ + bytes starting with the Kth of each file\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]\n\ output appended data as the file grows;\n\ - -f, --follow, and --follow=descriptor are\n\ - equivalent\n\ + -f and --follow[=descriptor] are equivalent\n\ -F same as --follow=name --retry\n\ "), stdout); printf (_("\ -n, --lines=K output the last K lines, instead of the last %d;\n\ - or use -n +K to output lines starting with the Kth\n\ + or use -n +K to output starting with the Kth\n\ --max-unchanged-stats=N\n\ with --follow=name, reopen a FILE which has not\n\ - changed size after N (default %d) iterations\n\ - to see if it has been unlinked or renamed\n\ - (this is the usual case of rotated log files).\n\ - With inotify, this option is rarely useful.\n\ + changed size after N (default %d) iterations\n\ + to see if it has been unlinked or renamed\n\ + (this is the usual case of rotated log files);\n\ + with inotify, this option is rarely useful\n\ "), DEFAULT_N_LINES, DEFAULT_MAX_N_UNCHANGED_STATS_BETWEEN_OPENS @@ -298,9 +297,9 @@ With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -s, --sleep-interval=N with -f, sleep for approximately N seconds\n\ - (default 1.0) between iterations.\n\ - With inotify and --pid=P, check process P at\n\ - least once every N seconds.\n\ + (default 1.0) between iterations;\n\ + with inotify and --pid=P, check process P at\n\ + least once every N seconds\n\ -v, --verbose always output headers giving file names\n\ "), stdout); fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout); |