From: ori@eigenstate.org
To: 9front@9front.org
Subject: Re: [9front] man du -s correction diff
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2021 15:38:10 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <64533601D12D22872A99F2CD9C550F23@eigenstate.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211102195438.57d67f27@gmx.de>
Quoth Eckard Brauer <eckard.brauer@gmx.de>:
> > I agree that the current phrasing is a bit confusing.
> > What about "for each file" => "for each argument"?
>
> "each non-option argument"? "-s" (and a few more) is an argument for
> itself...
A bunch of tweaks.
diff ca73f673473457152d6f1b2e9030495f8dec5c49 uncommitted
--- a//sys/man/1/du
+++ b//sys/man/1/du
@@ -35,60 +35,53 @@
The count for a directory includes the counts of the
contained files and directories.
.PP
-The
+The following options are accepted:
+.TP
.B -a
-option prints the number of blocks
-for every file in a directory.
+Print the number of blocks for every file in a directory.
Normally counts are printed only for contained directories.
-.PP
-The
+.TP
.B -f
-option suppresses the printing of warning messages.
-.PP
-The
+Suppresses the printing of warning messages.
+.TP
.B -n
-option prints the size in bytes and the name of each file; it sets
+Print the size in bytes and the name of each file; it sets
.BR -a .
-.PP
-The
+.TP
.B -t
-option prints, in the format of
+Print, in the format of
.B du
.BR -n ,
-the modified time of
-each file rather than the size.
+the modified time of each file rather than the size.
If the options
.B -tu
are specified then the accessed time is printed.
-.PP
-The
+.TP
.B -q
-option prints, in the format of
+Print, in the format of
.B du
.BR -n ,
the QID path of
each file rather than the size.
-.PP
-The
+.TP
.B -s
-option causes
+Causes
.I du
to descend the hierarchy as always, but to print only a summary line
for each
-.IR file .
-.PP
-The
+.I file
+argument.
+.TP
.B -e
-option causes
+Causes
.I du
to print values (sizes, times or QID paths)
in `scientific notation' via
.IR print (2)'s
.BR %g .
-.PP
-The
+.TP
.B -h
-option causes
+Causes
.I du
to print values (sizes, times or QID paths)
in scientific notation,
@@ -96,10 +89,9 @@
(e.g.,
.L G
for binary gigabytes).
-.PP
-The
+.TP
.B -p
-option causes
+Causes
.I du
to print values (sizes, times or QID paths)
in units of
@@ -109,12 +101,6 @@
An empty
.IR SI-prefix
corresponds to a scale factor of 1 (e.g., print sizes in bytes).
-.\" .PP
-.\" The
-.\" .B -r
-.\" option causes
-.\" .I du
-.\" to read and discard every byte of every file encountered.
.SH EXAMPLES
Print the size of
.L /tmp
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-02 20:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-01 22:46 Kyle Milz
2021-11-01 23:39 ` umbraticus
2021-11-02 16:49 ` Kyle Milz
2021-11-02 4:25 ` Xiao-Yong Jin
2021-11-02 9:30 ` hiro
2021-11-02 10:42 ` Eckard Brauer
2021-11-02 15:57 ` Humm
2021-11-02 16:57 ` ori
2021-11-02 18:54 ` Kyle Milz
2021-11-02 18:54 ` Eckard Brauer
2021-11-02 19:38 ` ori [this message]
2021-11-02 21:53 ` Kyle Milz
2021-11-02 19:22 ` hiro
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