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Subject: docs/34222: head(1) man page has erroneous SYNOPSIS.
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>Number:         34222
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       head(1) man page has erroneous SYNOPSIS.
>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:   Wed Jan 23 23:40:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gary W. Swearingen
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.5-PRERELEASE i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
n/a
================
>Description:

The SYNOPSIS text "head [-n count] [-c bytes]" should be
"head [-n count | -c bytes]".
================
>How-To-Repeat:

$ head -c 4 -n 5
head: can't combine line and byte counts
================
>Fix:

patch -d "unknown uncompressed man directory" < this-PR

--- /tmp/head..orig.1	Wed Jan 23 23:27:43 2002
+++ /tmp/head.1	Wed Jan 23 23:29:56 2002
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@
 .Nd display first lines of a file
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Op Fl n Ar count
-.Op Fl c Ar bytes
+.Op Fl n Ar count | Fl c Ar bytes
 .Op Ar
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 This filter displays the first
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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