docs/72985: `grep` man page typo/error for --line-buffering / --line-buffered option

John Engelhart johne at zang.com
Thu Oct 21 23:50:29 UTC 2004


>Number:         72985
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       `grep` man page typo/error for --line-buffering / --line-buffered option
>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:   Thu Oct 21 23:50:29 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     John Engelhart
>Release:        5.3BETA7
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD new.zang.com 5.3-BETA7 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA7 #0: Sun Oct 17 00:32:33 EDT 2004     johne at new.zang.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/new  i386
>Description:
The man page for the command grep has a typo/error in it.

The option syntax for "line-buffered" output is specified in the man page as:

--line-buffering

Whereas the command itself takes (from grep --help, and checked by running)

      --line-buffered       flush output on every line      
>How-To-Repeat:
Check "man grep" and "grep --help", also trying passing both to grep to verify.
>Fix:
Update man page to reflect actual syntax with " --line-buffered"
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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