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| author | grant <grant@NetBSD.org> | 2002-09-30 11:08:56 +0000 |
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| committer | grant <grant@NetBSD.org> | 2002-09-30 11:08:56 +0000 |
| commit | be8ae688aec64158b0247c8fd459dd89959c531b (patch) | |
| tree | f669ea9c350797862203fa6b70d071fb9ed8d30c /usr.bin/vis | |
| parent | 19eb88dfa10bacee7429eca32d22b5fde893984e (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/vis/vis.1 | 21 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/vis/vis.1 b/usr.bin/vis/vis.1 index e9a0b11ecfd..c8a54f0f268 100644 --- a/usr.bin/vis/vis.1 +++ b/usr.bin/vis/vis.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: vis.1,v 1.8 2000/10/05 17:50:56 wennmach Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: vis.1,v 1.9 2002/09/30 11:09:16 grant Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -47,10 +47,12 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is a filter for converting non-printable characters -into a visual representation. It differs from +into a visual representation. +It differs from .Ql cat -v in that -the form is unique and invertible. By default, all non-graphic +the form is unique and invertible. +By default, all non-graphic characters except space, tab, and newline are encoded. A detailed description of the various visual formats is given in @@ -60,9 +62,11 @@ The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl b Turns off prepending of backslash before up-arrow control sequences -and meta characters, and disables the doubling of backslashes. This +and meta characters, and disables the doubling of backslashes. +This produces output which is neither invertible or precise, but does -represent a minimum of change to the input. It is similar to +represent a minimum of change to the input. +It is similar to .Dq Li cat -v . .It Fl c Request a format which displays a small subset of the @@ -94,15 +98,16 @@ still doubled and hidden newline sequences inserted if .Fl f or .Fl F -is selected. When combined with the +is selected. +When combined with the .Fl f flag, .Nm becomes like an invertible version of the .Xr fold 1 -utility. That is, the output -can be unfolded by running the output through +utility. +That is, the output can be unfolded by running the output through .Xr unvis 1 . .It Fl o Request a format which displays non-printable characters as |
