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authordd <dd@FreeBSD.org>2001-07-23 09:46:17 +0000
committerdd <dd@FreeBSD.org>2001-07-23 09:46:17 +0000
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Don't use the pronoun "you".
Reviewed by: sheldonh, mpp
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@@ -367,10 +367,11 @@ does not need a separate option for this):
.Pp
.Dl "ls -l | sort -n +4"
.Pp
-Additionally, you may want to use the
+Additionally, the
.Fl r
flag to
.Xr sort 1
+may be used
to get the results sorted from largest to smallest (a reverse sort).
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
The
@@ -403,12 +404,12 @@ capabilities.
The default
.Dq cons25
console has the proper capabilities,
-however if you want to display the colors in an
-.Xr xterm 1
+but to display the colors in an
+.Xr xterm 1 ,
for example,
-you need to set your
+the
.Ev TERM
-variable to
+variable must be set to
.Dq xterm-color .
Other terminal types may require similar adjustments. Colorization
is silently disabled if the output isn't directed to a terminal
@@ -481,7 +482,7 @@ Note that the above are standard
.Tn ANSI
colors.
The actual display may differ
-depending on the color capabilities of your terminal.
+depending on the color capabilities of the terminal in use.
.Pp
The order of the attributes are as follows:
.Pp
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