Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 23:46:45 GMT From: John Engelhart <johne@zang.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/72985: `grep` man page typo/error for --line-buffering / --line-buffered option Message-ID: <200410212346.i9LNkjZs081234@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200410212350.i9LNoTCN015180@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 72985
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: `grep` man page typo/error for --line-buffering / --line-buffered option
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Oct 21 23:50:29 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: John Engelhart
>Release: 5.3BETA7
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD new.zang.com 5.3-BETA7 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA7 #0: Sun Oct 17 00:32:33 EDT 2004 johne@new.zang.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/new i386
>Description:
The man page for the command grep has a typo/error in it.
The option syntax for "line-buffered" output is specified in the man page as:
--line-buffering
Whereas the command itself takes (from grep --help, and checked by running)
--line-buffered flush output on every line
>How-To-Repeat:
Check "man grep" and "grep --help", also trying passing both to grep to verify.
>Fix:
Update man page to reflect actual syntax with " --line-buffered"
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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