Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 22:14:26 GMT From: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 8790fe3058c8 - main - Fix confusing example in paste(1) Message-ID: <202105312214.14VMEQfb073881@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by imp: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=8790fe3058c83f624ca2155fb0dbaac23c641237 commit 8790fe3058c83f624ca2155fb0dbaac23c641237 Author: jocki84 <jocki84@googlemail.com> AuthorDate: 2018-07-12 17:22:29 +0000 Commit: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2021-05-31 22:12:44 +0000 Fix confusing example in paste(1) Paste's man page contains an example for a reimplementation of nl(1). This example uses the command line sed = myfile | paste -s -d '\t\n' - - in order to concatenate consecutive lines with an intervening tab. However, the way the example uses the switches -s and -d and two `dash` input files is redundant. There are in fact two equivalent but simpler ways to achieve the desired result: sed = myfile | paste -s -d '\t\n' - uses the same style as the previous example, while sed = myfile | paste - - is arguably even simpler and illustrates the final sentence of the DESCRIPTION. Reviewed by: imp@ Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/163 --- usr.bin/paste/paste.1 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/usr.bin/paste/paste.1 b/usr.bin/paste/paste.1 index 8bd02dd47097..73b10fcd79b7 100644 --- a/usr.bin/paste/paste.1 +++ b/usr.bin/paste/paste.1 @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Combine pairs of lines from a file into single lines: Number the lines in a file, similar to .Xr nl 1 : .Pp -.Dl "sed = myfile | paste -s -d '\et\en' - -" +.Dl "sed = myfile | paste - -" .Pp Create a colon-separated list of directories named .Pa bin ,
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