From owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Sun Nov 24 14:54:36 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3FC01B12D2 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:54:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (mailman.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47LY984pfwz45WB for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:54:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id A50E51B12D1; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:54:36 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: doc@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4D6B1B12D0 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:54:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47LY983xPwz45W9 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:54:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:1d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6AA3825D0E for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:54:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.5]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id xAOEsa0x034103 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:54:36 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: (from www@localhost) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id xAOEsaul034102 for doc@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:54:36 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: kenobi.freebsd.org: www set sender to bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org using -f From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 242191] man pages: sysctl -n option incorrectly described Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:54:35 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Documentation X-Bugzilla-Component: Manual Pages X-Bugzilla-Version: Latest X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Some People X-Bugzilla-Who: stilezy@gmail.com X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_id short_desc product version rep_platform op_sys bug_status bug_severity priority component assigned_to reporter cc Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:54:36 -0000 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D242191 Bug ID: 242191 Summary: man pages: sysctl -n option incorrectly described Product: Documentation Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: Manual Pages Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: stilezy@gmail.com CC: doc@FreeBSD.org Current misleading description, suggests it outputs value of sysctls only, whereas it can output anything (type/descript etc). Its actual function is = to suppress name, not output value only. Current misleading description: "-n: Show only variable values, not their names. This option is useful for setting shell variables. For instance, to save the pagesize in variable ps= ize, use: set psize=3D`sysctl -n hw.pagesize" Suggested improved wording: -n: Suppress variable names. The output will be the bare value, descriptio= n, type, or other details, according to the other options used. This option is useful for setting shell variables. For instance, to save the pagesize in variable psize, use: set psize=3D`sysctl -n hw.pagesize" Sorry, not up to speed on SVN, hence unconfident to push as a change myself. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=