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authorbjh21 <bjh21@NetBSD.org>2003-06-27 17:19:54 +0000
committerbjh21 <bjh21@NetBSD.org>2003-06-27 17:19:54 +0000
commit4f65cbad316869661aa11fe4863d2456463effe7 (patch)
tree2b86cc1f491c34134982457e818176b94f1253a4 /usr.bin/split
parent672eca197587799f43ab3474f233c023614c4189 (diff)
Cleanup:
Correct synopsis to show that -l and -b are mutually exclusive. Put [k|m] in the right typefaces. Use .Ql for 'k' and 'm' in text. Refer to the option-argument of -l as <line_length> consistently.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/split')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/split/split.116
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/split/split.1 b/usr.bin/split/split.1
index 3158f529cce..21ec6526925 100644
--- a/usr.bin/split/split.1
+++ b/usr.bin/split/split.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: split.1,v 1.10 2003/06/10 16:57:05 bjh21 Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: split.1,v 1.11 2003/06/27 17:19:54 bjh21 Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)split.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/16/94
.\"
-.Dd June 10, 2003
+.Dd June 27, 2003
.Dt SPLIT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl a Ar suffix_length
-.Op Fl b Ar byte_count[k|m]
-.Op Fl l Ar line_count
+.Oo
+.Fl b Ar byte_count Ns Oo Li k|m Oc |
+.Fl l Ar line_count
+.Oc
.Op Ar file Op Ar name
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
@@ -68,18 +70,18 @@ Create smaller files
.Ar byte_count
bytes in length.
If
-.Dq Li k
+.Ql k
is appended to the number, the file is split into
.Ar byte_count
kilobyte pieces.
If
-.Dq Li m
+.Ql m
is appended to the number, the file is split into
.Ar byte_count
megabyte pieces.
.It Fl l
Create smaller files
-.Ar n
+.Ar line_count
lines in length.
.El
.Pp