From a38dc987cac340d401141438d3b6c6a308838c73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:20:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] column: clarify the --separator option Indicate that the string is a set, which also clarifies that it's only significant when parsing the input. --- text-utils/column.1 | 4 ++-- text-utils/column.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/text-utils/column.1 b/text-utils/column.1 index 2050666e9f..8a461a83b4 100644 --- a/text-utils/column.1 +++ b/text-utils/column.1 @@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ Output is formatted to a width specified as number of characters. Determine the number of columns the input contains and create a table. Columns are delimited with whitespace, by default, or with the characters supplied using the separator. Table output is useful for pretty-printing. -.IP "\fB\-s, \-\-separator\fP \fIseparator\fP" -Specify table separator (default is whitespace). +.IP "\fB\-s, \-\-separator\fP \fIseparators\fP" +Specify possible table delimiters (default is whitespace). .IP "\fB\-x, \-\-fillrows\fP" Fill columns before filling rows. .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP" diff --git a/text-utils/column.c b/text-utils/column.c index 7eea66aa54..d23097915a 100644 --- a/text-utils/column.c +++ b/text-utils/column.c @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(int rc) " -V, --version output version information and exit\n" " -c, --columns width of output in number of characters\n" " -t, --table create a table\n" - " -s, --separator table delimiter\n" + " -s, --separator possible table delimiters\n" " -x, --fillrows fill rows before columns\n")); fprintf(out, _("\nFor more information see column(1).\n")); -- 2.47.3