svn commit: r364481 - head/sbin/sysctl
Fernando Apesteguía
fernape at FreeBSD.org
Sat Aug 22 11:59:14 UTC 2020
Author: fernape (ports committer)
Date: Sat Aug 22 11:59:14 2020
New Revision: 364481
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/364481
Log:
sysctl(8): clarify -n flag
-n omits the name of the variable regardless of the type of information that is
requested. Rephrase to clarify this point.
PR: 242191
Submitted by: stilezy at gmail.com
Approved by: emaste@
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26149
Modified:
head/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
Modified: head/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
==============================================================================
--- head/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 Sat Aug 22 10:55:55 2020 (r364480)
+++ head/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 Sat Aug 22 11:59:14 2020 (r364481)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" From: @(#)sysctl.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd February 8, 2019
+.Dd August 22, 2020
.Dt SYSCTL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ use:
.Pp
.Dl "complete sysctl 'n/*/`sysctl -Na`/'"
.It Fl n
-Show only variable values, not their names.
+Do not show variable names.
This option is useful for setting shell variables.
For instance, to save the pagesize in variable
.Va psize ,
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