The size may be followed by a multiplicative suffix: KiB (=1024),
MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB
-(the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as "KiB").
+(the "iB" is optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as "KiB").
.TP
.B q
Quit the program. This will exit the program without writing any data to
.B fdisk
is able to optimize the disk layout for a 4K-sector size and use an alignment offset on
modern devices for MBR and GPT. It is always a good idea to follow \fBfdisk\fR's defaults
-as the default values (e.g. first and last partition sectors) and partition
+as the default values (e.g., first and last partition sectors) and partition
sizes specified by the +/-<size>{M,G,...} notation are always aligned according
to the device properties.
to get a list of all supported columns.
The default list of columns may be extended if \fIlist\fP is
-specified in the format \fI+list\fP (e.g. \fB-o +UUID\fP).
+specified in the format \fI+list\fP (e.g., \fB-o +UUID\fP).
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-getsz\fR
Print the size in 512-byte sectors of each given block device. This option is DEPRECATED
In the case the size is specified in bytes than the number may be followed by
the multiplicative suffixes KiB=1024, MiB=1024*1024, and so on for GiB, TiB,
-PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB. The "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as
+PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB. The "iB" is optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as
"KiB".
The relative sizes are always aligned according to device I/O limits. The
.B fsck
is used to check and optionally repair one or more Linux filesystems.
.I filesys
-can be a device name (e.g.
+can be a device name (e.g.,
.IR /dev/hdc1 ", " /dev/sdb2 ),
-a mount point (e.g.
+a mount point (e.g.,
.IR / ", " /usr ", " /home ),
-or an filesystem label or UUID specifier (e.g.
+or an filesystem label or UUID specifier (e.g.,
UUID=8868abf6-88c5-4a83-98b8-bfc24057f7bd or LABEL=root).
Normally, the
.B fsck
is used to build a Linux filesystem on a device, usually
a hard disk partition. The
.I device
-argument is either the device name (e.g.
+argument is either the device name (e.g.,
.IR /dev/hda1 ,
.IR /dev/sdb2 ),
or a regular file that shall contain the filesystem. The
(since version 2.26)
.B aligns the start and end of partitions
to block-device I/O limits when relative sizes are specified, when the default
-values are used or when multiplicative suffixes (e.g. MiB) are used for sizes.
+values are used or when multiplicative suffixes (e.g., MiB) are used for sizes.
It is possible that partition size will be optimized (reduced or enlarged) due
to alignment if the start offset is specified exactly in sectors and partition
size relative or by multiplicative suffixes.
.B \-\-no\-tell\-kernel
Don't tell the kernel about partition changes. This option is recommended together
with \fB\-\-no\-reread\fR to modify a partition on used disk. The modified partition
-should not be used (e.g. mounted).
+should not be used (e.g., mounted).
.TP
.BR \-O , " \-\-backup\-file " \fIpath
Override the default backup file name. Note that the device name and offset
See also \fB\-\-move\-use\-fsync\fR.
In the example below, the first command creates a 100MiB free area before
-the first partition and moves the data it contains (e.g. a filesystem),
+the first partition and moves the data it contains (e.g., a filesystem),
the next command creates a new partition from the free space (at offset 2048),
and the last command reorders partitions to match disk order
(the original sdc1 will become sdc2).
to get a list of all supported columns.
.sp
The default list of columns may be extended if \fIlist\fP is
-specified in the format \fI+list\fP (e.g. \fB-o +UUID\fP).
+specified in the format \fI+list\fP (e.g., \fB-o +UUID\fP).
.TP
.BR \-q , " \-\-quiet"
Suppress extra info messages.
supported when using the --show-size command.
.TP
.BR \-X , " \-\-label " \fItype
-Specify the disk label type (e.g. \fBdos\fR, \fBgpt\fR, ...). If this option
+Specify the disk label type (e.g., \fBdos\fR, \fBgpt\fR, ...). If this option
is not given, then \fBsfdisk\fR defaults to the existing label, but if there
is no label on the device yet, then the type defaults to \fBdos\fR. The default
or the current label may be overwritten by the "label: <name>" script header
.sp
The default value of
.I size
-indicates "as much as possible"; i.e. until the next partition or
+indicates "as much as possible"; i.e., until the next partition or
end-of-device. A numerical argument is by default interpreted as a
number of sectors, however if the size is followed by one of the
multiplicative suffixes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB)
.B Named-fields format
.RS
This format is more readable, robust, extensible and allows to specify additional
-information (e.g. a UUID). It is recommended to use this format to keep your scripts
+information (e.g., a UUID). It is recommended to use this format to keep your scripts
more readable.
.RS
.sp
The
.I value
-can be between quotation marks (e.g. name="This is partition name").
+can be between quotation marks (e.g., name="This is partition name").
The currently supported fields are:
.RS
.TP
If there are more files that match for a utility, then the file with the more
specific filename wins. For example, the filename "@xterm.scheme" has less
priority than "dmesg@xterm.scheme". The lowest priority are those files without a
-utility name and terminal identifier (e.g. "disable").
+utility name and terminal identifier (e.g., "disable").
The user-specific
.I $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/terminal-colors.d
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B libblkid
-library is used to identify block devices (disks) as to their content (e.g.
+library is used to identify block devices (disks) as to their content (e.g.,
filesystem type) as well as extracting additional information such as
filesystem labels/volume names, unique identifiers/serial numbers.
A common use is to allow use of LABEL= and UUID= tags instead of hard-coding
reads the
.IR /etc\:/login.defs (5)
configuration file. Note that the configuration file could be
-distributed with another package (e.g. shadow-utils). The following
+distributed with another package (e.g., shadow-utils). The following
configuration items are relevant for
.BR chfn (1):
.PP
.B \-h
option the name is
.IR remote .
-It is necessary to create proper PAM config files (e.g.
+It is necessary to create proper PAM config files (e.g.,
.I /etc\:/pam.d\:/login
and
.IR /etc\:/pam.d\:/remote ).
reads the
.IR /etc\:/login.defs (5)
configuration file. Note that the configuration file could be
-distributed with another package (e.g. shadow-utils). The following
+distributed with another package (e.g., shadow-utils). The following
configuration items are relevant for
.BR login (1):
.PP
(string)
.RS 4
If defined, this file can inhibit all the usual chatter during the
-login sequence. If a full pathname (e.g.
+login sequence. If a full pathname (e.g.,
.IR /etc\:/hushlogins )
is specified, then hushed mode will be enabled if the user\'s name or
shell are found in the file. If this global hush login file is empty
names are ignored.
Note that relation between user and group may be invisible for primary group if
-the user is not explicitly specify as group member (e.g. in /etc/group). If the
+the user is not explicitly specify as group member (e.g., in /etc/group). If the
command lslogins scans for groups than it uses groups database only, and user
database with primary GID is not used at all.
.TP
if incorrect arguments specified,
.TP
2
-if a serious error occurs (e.g. a corrupt log).
+if a serious error occurs (e.g., a corrupt log).
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBgroup\fP(5), \fBpasswd\fP(5), \fBshadow\fP(5), \fButmp\fP(5)
.SH HISTORY
better security as user does not share terminal with the original
session. This allow to avoid TIOCSTI ioctl terminal injection and another
security attacks against terminal file descriptors. The all session is also
-possible to move to background (e.g. "runuser --pty -u username -- command &").
+possible to move to background (e.g., "runuser --pty -u username -- command &").
If the pseudo-terminal is enabled then runuser command works
as a proxy between the sessions (copy stdin and stdout).
.sp
This feature is mostly designed for interactive sessions. If the standard input
-is not a terminal, but for example pipe (e.g. echo "date" | runuser --pty -u user)
+is not a terminal, but for example pipe (e.g., echo "date" | runuser --pty -u user)
than ECHO flag for the pseudo-terminal is disabled to avoid messy output.
.TP
.BR \-m , " \-p" , " \-\-preserve\-environment"
-Preserve the entire environment, i.e. it does not set
+Preserve the entire environment, i.e., it does not set
.BR HOME ,
.BR SHELL ,
.B USER
/bin/sh
.RE
.IP
-If the target user has a restricted shell (i.e. not listed in
+If the target user has a restricted shell (i.e., not listed in
/etc/shells) the
.B \-\-shell
option and the
.PP
.B su
is mostly designed for unprivileged users, the recommended solution for
-privileged users (e.g. scripts executed by root) is to use
+privileged users (e.g., scripts executed by root) is to use
non-set-user-ID command
.BR runuser (1)
that does not require authentication and provide separate PAM configuration. If
.RE
.TP
.BR \-m , " \-p" , " \-\-preserve\-environment"
-Preserve the entire environment, i.e. it does not set
+Preserve the entire environment, i.e., it does not set
.BR HOME ,
.BR SHELL ,
.B USER
better security as user does not share terminal with the original
session. This allow to avoid TIOCSTI ioctl terminal injection and another
security attacks against terminal file descriptors. The all session is also
-possible to move to background (e.g. "su --pty - username -c
+possible to move to background (e.g., "su \-\-pty \- username \-c
application &"). If the pseudo-terminal is enabled then su command works
as a proxy between the sessions (copy stdin and stdout).
.sp
This feature is mostly designed for interactive sessions. If the standard input
-is not a terminal, but for example pipe (e.g. echo "date" | su --pty) than ECHO
+is not a terminal, but for example pipe (e.g., echo "date" | su --pty) than ECHO
flag for the pseudo-terminal is disabled to avoid messy output.
.TP
.BR \-s , " \-\-shell" = \fIshell
/bin/sh
.RE
.IP
-If the target user has a restricted shell (i.e. not listed in
+If the target user has a restricted shell (i.e., not listed in
/etc/shells), the
.B \-\-shell
option and the
.B blkid
program is the command-line interface to working with the
.BR libblkid (3)
-library. It can determine the type of content (e.g. filesystem or swap)
+library. It can determine the type of content (e.g., filesystem or swap)
that a block device holds, and also the attributes (tokens, NAME=value pairs)
-from the content metadata (e.g. LABEL or UUID fields).
+from the content metadata (e.g., LABEL or UUID fields).
.PP
.B It is recommended to use
.BR lsblk (8)
.SH OPTIONS
The \fIsize\fR and \fIoffset\fR arguments may be followed by the multiplicative
suffixes like KiB (=1024), MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB
-(the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as "KiB"), or the suffixes
+(the "iB" is optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as "KiB"), or the suffixes
KB (=1000), MB (=1000*1000), and so on for GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB and YB.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-cache\-file\fR \fIcachefile\fR
Read from
.I cachefile
instead of reading from the default cache file (see the CONFIGURATION FILE section
-for more details). If you want to start with a clean cache (i.e. don't report
+for more details). If you want to start with a clean cache (i.e., don't report
devices previously scanned but not necessarily available at this time), specify
.IR /dev/null .
.TP
.sp
blkid --probe --usages filesystem,other /dev/sda1
.sp
-probes for all filesystem and other (e.g. swap) formats, and
+probes for all filesystem and other (e.g., swap) formats, and
.sp
blkid --probe --usages noraid /dev/sda1
.sp
Display help text and exit.
.SH PARAMETERS
.TP
-\fBSingle digits-only parameter (e.g. 'cal 2020')\fR
+\fBSingle digits-only parameter (e.g., 'cal 2020')\fR
Specifies the \fIyear\fR to be displayed; note the year must be fully specified:
.B "cal 89"
will not display a calendar for 1989.
.TP
-\fBSingle string parameter (e.g. 'cal tomorrow' or 'cal August')\fR
+\fBSingle string parameter (e.g., 'cal tomorrow' or 'cal August')\fR
Specifies \fItimestamp\fR or a \fImonth name\fR (or abbreviated name) according to the current
locales.
.sp
with "+" or "-", it may also be suffixed with a space and the word "left" or
"ago" (for example '1 week ago').
.TP
-\fBTwo parameters (e.g. 'cal 11 2020')\fR
+\fBTwo parameters (e.g., 'cal 11 2020')\fR
Denote the \fImonth\fR (1 - 12) and \fIyear\fR.
.TP
-\fBThree parameters (e.g. 'cal 25 11 2020')\fR
+\fBThree parameters (e.g., 'cal 25 11 2020')\fR
Denote the \fIday\fR (1-31), \fImonth and \fIyear\fR, and the day will be
highlighted if the calendar is displayed on a terminal. If no parameters are
specified, the current month's calendar is displayed.
options are not specified.
The default list of columns may be extended if \fIlist\fP is
-specified in the format \fI+list\fP (e.g. \fBfindmnt \-o +PROPAGATION\fP).
+specified in the format \fI+list\fP (e.g., \fBfindmnt \-o +PROPAGATION\fP).
.TP
.B \-\-output\-all
Output almost all available columns. The columns that require
.TP
.B \-\-tree
Enable tree-like output if possible. The options is silently ignored for
-tables where is missing child-parent relation (e.g. fstab).
+tables where is missing child-parent relation (e.g., fstab).
.TP
.BR \-U , " \-\-uniq"
Ignore filesystems with duplicate mount targets, thus effectively skipping
.TP
.BR \-v , " \-\-verbose"
Print summary after hardlinking. The option may be specified more than once. In
-this case (e.g. \fB-vv\fR) it prints every hardlinked file and bytes saved.
+this case (e.g., \fB-vv\fR) it prints every hardlinked file and bytes saved.
.TP
.BR \-x , " \-\-exclude " \fIregex\fR
Exclude files and directories matching pattern from hardlinking.
only of whitespace is NOT considered empty.
Note that when the \fB\-\-prio\-prefix\fR option is specified, the priority
is not part of the line. Thus an empty line in this mode is a line that does
-not have any characters after the priority prefix (e.g. \fB<13>\fR).
+not have any characters after the priority prefix (e.g., \fB<13>\fR).
.TP
.BR \-f , " \-\-file " \fIfile
Log the contents of the specified \fIfile\fR.
Use the alternative dictionary file.
.TP
.BR \-d , " \-\-alphanum"
-Use normal dictionary character set and order, i.e. only blanks and
+Use normal dictionary character set and order, i.e., only blanks and
alphanumeric characters are compared. This is on by default if no file is
specified.
specified.
.TP
.BR \-t , " \-\-terminate " \fIcharacter\fR
-Specify a string termination character, i.e. only the characters
+Specify a string termination character, i.e., only the characters
in \fIstring\fR up to and including the first occurrence of \fIcharacter\fR
are compared.
.TP
The default is to use tree for the column 'NAME' (see also \fB\-\-tree\fR).
The default list of columns may be extended if \fIlist\fP is
-specified in the format \fI+list\fP (e.g. \fBlsblk -o +UUID\fP).
+specified in the format \fI+list\fP (e.g., \fBlsblk -o +UUID\fP).
.TP
.BR \-O , " \-\-output\-all "
Output all available columns.
be replaced by text files with udev attributes.
.SH NOTES
-For partitions, some information (e.g. queue attributes) is inherited from the
+For partitions, some information (e.g., queue attributes) is inherited from the
parent device.
.PP
The
to get a list of all supported columns.
The default list of columns may be extended if \fIlist\fP is
-specified in the format \fI+list\fP (e.g. \fBlslocks -o +BLOCKER\fP).
+specified in the format \fI+list\fP (e.g., \fBlslocks -o +BLOCKER\fP).
.TP
.B \-\-output\-all
Output all available columns.
and when all specified signatures from all specified devices are already erased.
Note that some filesystems and some partition tables store more magic strings on
-the device (e.g. FAT, ZFS, GPT). The
+the device (e.g., FAT, ZFS, GPT). The
.B wipefs
command (since v2.31) lists all the offset where a magic strings have been
detected.
.sp
The \fIoffset\fR argument may be followed by the multiplicative
suffixes KiB (=1024), MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB
-(the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as "KiB"), or the suffixes
+(the "iB" is optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as "KiB"), or the suffixes
KB (=1000), MB (=1000*1000), and so on for GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB and YB.
.TP
.BR \-p , " \-\-parsable"
For memory ballooning, it is recommended to select the zone Movable for memory
online and offline, if possible. Memory in this zone is much more likely to be
able to be offlined again, but it cannot be used for arbitrary kernel
-allocations, only for migratable pages (e.g. anonymous and page cache pages).
+allocations, only for migratable pages (e.g., anonymous and page cache pages).
Use the \fB\-\-help\fR option to see all available zones.
.
.PP
.I not
print or clear the kernel ring buffer.
.IP "\fB\-\-noescape\fR"
-The unprintable and potentially unsafe characters (e.g. broken multi-byte
+The unprintable and potentially unsafe characters (e.g., broken multi-byte
sequences, terminal controlling chars, etc.) are escaped in format \\x<hex> for
security reason by default. This option disables this feature at all. It's
usable for example for debugging purpose together with \fB\-\-raw\fR. Be
.IP "\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-force\-prefix\fR"
Add facility, level or timestamp information to each line of a multi-line message.
.IP "\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-raw\fR"
-Print the raw message buffer, i.e. do not strip the log-level prefixes, but
+Print the raw message buffer, i.e., do not strip the log-level prefixes, but
all unprintable characters are still escaped (see also \fB\-\-noescape\fR).
Note that the real raw format depends on the method how
are:
.TP
.B subsys
-The message sub-system prefix (e.g. "ACPI:").
+The message sub-system prefix (e.g., "ACPI:").
.TP
.B time
The message timestamp.
.PP
The device corresponding to \fIdevice\fP or \fImountpoint\fP is ejected. If no
name is specified, the default name \fB/dev/cdrom\fR is used. The device may be
-addressed by device name (e.g. 'sda'), device path (e.g. '/dev/sda'),
+addressed by device name (e.g., 'sda'), device path (e.g., '/dev/sda'),
UUID=\fIuuid\fR or LABEL=\fIlabel\fR tags.
.PP
There are four different methods of ejecting, depending on whether the device
.BR \-x , " \-\-cdspeed " \fIspeed
With this option the drive is given a CD-ROM select speed command. The
.I speed
-argument is a number indicating the desired speed (e.g. 8 for 8X speed), or 0
+argument is a number indicating the desired speed (e.g., 8 for 8X speed), or 0
for maximum data rate. Not all devices support this command and you can only
specify speeds that the drive is capable of. Every time the media is changed
this option is cleared. This option can be used alone, or with the
specified, it tries all four (this works fine in most cases).
.PP
.B eject
-may not always be able to determine if the device is mounted (e.g. if it has
+may not always be able to determine if the device is mounted (e.g., if it has
several names). If the device name is a symbolic link,
.B eject
will follow the link and use the device that it points to.
auto-eject mode. There is no way to find out the state of the auto-eject mode.
.PP
You need appropriate privileges to access the device files. Running as root is
-required to eject some devices (e.g. SCSI devices).
+required to eject some devices (e.g., SCSI devices).
.SH AUTHORS
.MT tranter@\:pobox.com
Jeff Tranter
specified, \fBlscpu\fP prints the column but does not provide any data for it.
.sp
The default output formatting on terminal maybe optimized for better
-readability. The output for non-terminals (e.g. pipes) is never affected by
+readability. The output for non-terminals (e.g., pipes) is never affected by
this optimization and it is always in "Field: data\\n" format.
.sp
The cache sizes are reported as summary from all CPUs. The versions before
The \fBlsmem\fP command lists a new memory range always when the current memory
block distinguish from the previous block by some output column. This default
-behavior is possible to override by the \fB\-\-split\fR option (e.g. \fBlsmem
+behavior is possible to override by the \fB\-\-split\fR option (e.g., \fBlsmem
\-\-split=ZONES\fR). The special word "none" may be used to ignore all
differences between memory blocks and to create as large as possible continuous
ranges. The opposite semantic is \fB\-\-all\fR to list individual memory
Specify which output columns to print. Use \fB\-\-help\fR
to get a list of all supported columns.
The default list of columns may be extended if \fIlist\fP is
-specified in the format \fB+\fIlist\fP (e.g. \fBlsmem \-o +NODE\fP).
+specified in the format \fB+\fIlist\fP (e.g., \fBlsmem \-o +NODE\fP).
.TP
.B \-\-output\-all
Output all available columns.
to get a list of all supported columns.
The default list of columns may be extended if \fIlist\fP is
-specified in the format \fB+\fIlist\fP (e.g. \fBlsns \-o +PATH\fP).
+specified in the format \fB+\fIlist\fP (e.g., \fBlsns \-o +PATH\fP).
.TP
.B \-\-output\-all
Output all available columns.
.sp
.RE
-The same filesystem may be mounted more than once, and in some cases (e.g.
+The same filesystem may be mounted more than once, and in some cases (e.g.,
network filesystems) the same filesystem may be mounted on the same
mountpoint more times. The mount command does not implement any policy to
control this behavior. All behavior is controlled by the kernel and it is usually
Since version 2.35 \fBmount\fR command does not exit when user permissions are
inadequate by internal libmount security rules. It drops suid permissions
and continue as regular non-root user. It allows to support use-cases where
-root permissions are not necessary (e.g. fuse filesystems, user namespaces,
+root permissions are not necessary (e.g., fuse filesystems, user namespaces,
etc).
.PP
For more details, see
.RE
Note that the filesystem mount options maintained by kernel will remain the same as those
-on the original mount point. The userspace mount options (e.g. _netdev) will not be copied
+on the original mount point. The userspace mount options (e.g., _netdev) will not be copied
by
.BR mount (8)
and it's necessary explicitly specify the options on mount command line.
.TP
.B X-*
All options prefixed with "X-" are interpreted as comments or as userspace
-application-specific options. These options are not stored in the user space (e.g. mtab file),
+application-specific options. These options are not stored in the user space (e.g., mtab file),
nor sent to the mount.\fItype\fR helpers nor to the
.BR mount (2)
system call. The suggested format is \fBX-\fIappname\fR.\fIoption\fR.
All mounts of devpts without this
.B newinstance
-option share the same set of pty indices (i.e. legacy mode).
+option share the same set of pty indices (i.e., legacy mode).
Each mount of devpts with the
.B newinstance
option has a private set of pty indices.
Enter all namespaces of the target process by the default
.I /proc/[pid]/ns/*
namespace paths. The default paths to the target process namespaces may be
-overwritten by namespace specific options (e.g. --all --mount=[path]).
+overwritten by namespace specific options (e.g., --all --mount=[path]).
The user namespace will be ignored if the same as the caller's current user
namespace. It prevents a caller that has dropped capabilities from regaining
.TP
.B show
Print alarm information in format: "alarm: off|on <time>".
-The time is in ctime() output format, e.g. "alarm: on Tue Nov 16 04:48:45 2010".
+The time is in ctime() output format, e.g., "alarm: on Tue Nov 16 04:48:45 2010".
.RE
.TP
.BR \-n , " \-\-dry-run"
.SS Suspend
.B swapon
automatically detects and rewrites a swap space signature with old software
-suspend data (e.g. S1SUSPEND, S2SUSPEND, ...). The problem is that if we don't
+suspend data (e.g., S1SUSPEND, S2SUSPEND, ...). The problem is that if we don't
do it, then we get data corruption the next time an attempt at unsuspending is
made.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.B umount
reads information about mounted filesystems from kernel (/proc/mounts) and
filesystem names may be different than filesystem names used in the /etc/fstab
-(e.g. "nfs4" vs. "nfs").
+(e.g., "nfs4" vs. "nfs").
.TP
.BR \-v , " \-\-verbose"
Verbose mode.
Since version 2.35 \fBumount\fR command does not exit when user permissions are
inadequate by internal libmount security rules. It drops suid permissions
and continue as regular non-root user. It allows to support use-cases where
-root permissions are not necessary (e.g. fuse filesystems, user namespaces,
+root permissions are not necessary (e.g., fuse filesystems, user namespaces,
etc).
.SH "LOOP DEVICE"
The
only after the GID map (\fB/proc/\fIpid\fB/gid_map\fR) has been set.
The GID map is writable by root when
.BR \%setgroups (2)
-is enabled (i.e. \fBallow\fR, the default), and
+is enabled (i.e., \fBallow\fR, the default), and
the GID map becomes writable by unprivileged processes when
.BR \%setgroups (2)
is permanently disabled (with \fBdeny\fR).
.SH OPTIONS
Below, the \fIsize\fR argument may be followed by the multiplicative
suffixes KiB (=1024), MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB
-(the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as "KiB"), or the suffixes
+(the "iB" is optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as "KiB"), or the suffixes
KB (=1000), MB (=1000*1000), and so on for GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB and YB.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-append\fR
.IR signal ,
or
.IR info .
-This option is recommended for multi-stream logs (e.g. --log-io)
+This option is recommended for multi-stream logs (e.g., \-\-log-io)
to print only specified data.
.TP
.BR \-V , " \-\-version"
.SH OPTIONS
Below, the \fIlength\fR and \fIoffset\fR arguments may be followed by the multiplicative
suffixes KiB (=1024), MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB
-(the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as "KiB"), or the suffixes
+(the "iB" is optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as "KiB"), or the suffixes
KB (=1000), MB (=1000*1000), and so on for GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB and YB.
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-one\-byte\-octal\fR
.B \-n
option or end-of-file being reached, input data only partially satisfies a
format string, the input block is zero-padded sufficiently to display all
-available data (i.e. any format units overlapping the end of data will
+available data (i.e., any format units overlapping the end of data will
display some number of the zero bytes).
.PP
Further output by such format strings is replaced by an equivalent number of
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