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Subject: Re: [9front] man du -s correction diff
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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