Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Sun Aug 26 14:13:50 UTC 2012
Modified Files:
src/usr.bin/uniq: uniq.1
Log Message:
- improve punctuation;
- improve wording (explicitly mention the name of the optional
additional arguments within the text, using macros as well);
- create separate section, and use `.Ex' macro, for exit status
information;
- bump date.
Patch from Bug Hunting.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.12 -r1.13 src/usr.bin/uniq/uniq.1
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:
Index: src/usr.bin/uniq/uniq.1
diff -u src/usr.bin/uniq/uniq.1:1.12 src/usr.bin/uniq/uniq.1:1.13
--- src/usr.bin/uniq/uniq.1:1.12 Wed Oct 6 06:43:26 2010
+++ src/usr.bin/uniq/uniq.1 Sun Aug 26 14:13:50 2012
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: uniq.1,v 1.12 2010/10/06 06:43:26 dholland Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: uniq.1,v 1.13 2012/08/26 14:13:50 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)uniq.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\"
-.Dd January 6, 2007
+.Dd August 26, 2012
.Dt UNIQ 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Ignore the first
in each input line when doing comparisons.
A field is a string of non-blank characters separated from adjacent fields
by blanks.
-Field numbers are one based, i.e. the first field is field one.
+Field numbers are one based, i.e., the first field is field one.
.It Fl s Ar chars
Ignore the first
.Ar chars
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ option, the first
characters after the first
.Ar fields
fields will be ignored.
-Character numbers are one based, i.e. the first character is character one.
+Character numbers are one based, i.e., the first character is character one.
.It Fl u
Don't output lines that are repeated in the input.
.\".It Fl Ns Ar n
@@ -105,13 +105,15 @@ Don't output lines that are repeated in
.\"number.
.El
.Pp
-If additional arguments are specified on the command line, the first
-such argument is used as the name of an input file, the second is used
-as the name of an output file.
-.Pp
-The
-.Nm
-utility exits 0 on success, and \*[Gt]0 if an error occurs.
+Additional arguments
+.Ar input_file
+and
+.Ar output_file
+may be specified on the command line,
+where the former is then used as the name of an input file,
+and the latter as the name of an output file.
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
The historic
.Cm \&\(pl Ns Ar number
