commit: 155e926855d71bf3a06300f3acd86f33c54903e1
parent 38f563889e6ef10e7d239747173ffd8fe3e584ad
Author: Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact@hacktivis.me>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 04:12:05 +0100
cmd/echo.1: Put -n in SYNOPSIS, use OPTIONS/SEE ALSO sections
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cmd/echo.1 b/cmd/echo.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
.\" utils-std: Collection of commonly available Unix tools
.\" Copyright 2017 Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact+utils@hacktivis.me>
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-.Dd 2023-05-31
+.Dd 2024-03-18
.Dt ECHO 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -9,36 +9,35 @@
.Nd write arguments to standard output
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
+.Op Fl n
.Op Ar string ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
-buffers all of it's arguments and writes them all at once to standard output, followed by a newline.
-If there is no arguments, only the newline is written.
+buffers all
+.Ar string
+together with a final newline and then does a single write to standard output.
+If there is no
+.Ar string ,
+only the newline is written.
.Pp
The
.Fl -
-operand, which generally denotes an end to option processing, is treated as part of
+operand, which generaly terminates option processing, is treated as part of
.Ar string .
-.Pp
-.Nm
-supports the following options:
+.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl n
Do not print the trailing newline character.
.El
-.Pp
-Should also be noted that this version of
-.Nm
-isn't XSI-compliant as
-.Fl n
-is parsed as an option and backslash operators aren't supported.
-See
-.Xr printf 1
-for such an utility.
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr printf 1
.Sh STANDARDS
-Not XSI-compliant but should be compliant to
+Not XSI-compliant as
+.Fl n
+is parsed as an option and backslash operators aren't supported.
+Should be compliant with the rest of
.St -p1003.1-2008
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier Aq Mt contact@hacktivis.me
