From c927a0b9e715eb975035697c67bcea26c3dd44b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benno Schulenberg Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 22:55:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: slightly correct the man page of column Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg --- text-utils/column.1 | 21 +++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/text-utils/column.1 b/text-utils/column.1 index b6da45f4a1..fd87f50a5f 100644 --- a/text-utils/column.1 +++ b/text-utils/column.1 @@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ column - columnate lists .SH SYNOPSIS .B column -.RI [ options ] -.IR file ... +.RB [ options ] +.RI [ file ...] .SH DESCRIPTION The .B column -utility formats its input into multiple columns. Rows -are filled before columns. Input is taken from \fIfile\fR or, by -default, from standard input. Empty lines are ignored. +utility formats its input into multiple columns. By default, rows +are filled before columns. Input is taken from \fIfile\fR, or +otherwise from standard input. Empty lines are ignored. .PP .SH OPTIONS .IP "\fB\-c, \-\-columns\fP \fIwidth\fP" @@ -51,15 +51,16 @@ Output is formatted to a width specified as number of characters. .IP "\fB\-t, \-\-table\fP" 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. +supplied using the \fB\-\-output-separator\fP option. +Table output is useful for pretty-printing. .IP "\fB\-s, \-\-separator\fP \fIseparators\fP" -Specify possible table delimiters (default is whitespace). -.IP "\fB\-o, \-\-output-separator\fP \fIseparators\fP" -Specify table output delimiter (default is two whitespaces). +Specify the possible input item delimiters (default is whitespace). +.IP "\fB\-o, \-\-output-separator\fP \fIstring\fP" +Specify the columns delimiter for table output (default is two spaces). .IP "\fB\-x, \-\-fillrows\fP" Fill columns before filling rows. .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP" -Print help and exit. +Display a help text and exit. .SH ENVIRONMENT The environment variable COLUMNS is used to determine the size of the screen if no other information is available. -- 2.47.3