Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 11:59:14 +0000 (UTC) From: =?UTF-8?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=c3=ada?= <fernape@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r364481 - head/sbin/sysctl Message-ID: <202008221159.07MBxEvx001783@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: fernape (ports committer) Date: Sat Aug 22 11:59:14 2020 New Revision: 364481 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/364481 Log: sysctl(8): clarify -n flag -n omits the name of the variable regardless of the type of information that is requested. Rephrase to clarify this point. PR: 242191 Submitted by: stilezy@gmail.com Approved by: emaste@ Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26149 Modified: head/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 Modified: head/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 ============================================================================== --- head/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 Sat Aug 22 10:55:55 2020 (r364480) +++ head/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 Sat Aug 22 11:59:14 2020 (r364481) @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" From: @(#)sysctl.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd February 8, 2019 +.Dd August 22, 2020 .Dt SYSCTL 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ use: .Pp .Dl "complete sysctl 'n/*/`sysctl -Na`/'" .It Fl n -Show only variable values, not their names. +Do not show variable names. This option is useful for setting shell variables. For instance, to save the pagesize in variable .Va psize ,
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