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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-02 22:22:35 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-02 22:22:35 +0000
commitfb1d8b3724cde10863de04d2c0884fbc5035eeef (patch)
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parent2334c79a7573e958e33d5cc7301829244e5d216f (diff)
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Mechanically kill hard sentence breaks.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/file')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/file/file.14
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/file/magic.523
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/file/file.1 b/usr.bin/file/file.1
index cc9c041..69af027 100644
--- a/usr.bin/file/file.1
+++ b/usr.bin/file/file.1
@@ -424,7 +424,9 @@ directory (source for the
file) is too long to include here.
You know who you are; thank you.
.Sh LEGAL NOTICE
-Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, Toronto, Canada, 1986-1999.
+Copyright (c)
+.An Ian F. Darwin ,
+Toronto, Canada, 1986-1999.
Covered by the standard Berkeley Software Distribution copyright; see the file
.Pa LEGAL.NOTICE
in the source distribution.
diff --git a/usr.bin/file/magic.5 b/usr.bin/file/magic.5
index 35d904b..f1c7124 100644
--- a/usr.bin/file/magic.5
+++ b/usr.bin/file/magic.5
@@ -105,15 +105,17 @@ The numeric types may optionally be followed by
.Em &
and a numeric value,
to specify that the value is to be AND'ed with the
-numeric value before any comparisons are done. Prepending a
+numeric value before any comparisons are done.
+Prepending a
.Em u
to the type indicates that ordered comparisons should be unsigned.
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It test
-The value to be compared with the value from the file. If the type is
+The value to be compared with the value from the file.
+If the type is
numeric, this value
is specified in C form; if it is a string, it is specified as a C string
-with the usual escapes permitted (e.g. \en for new-line).
+with the usual escapes permitted (e.g.\& \en for new-line).
.It ""
Numeric values
may be preceded by a character indicating the operation to be performed.
@@ -157,12 +159,14 @@ and
.Em & )
can be applied to strings.
The length used for matching is that of the string argument
-in the magic file. This means that a line can match any string, and
+in the magic file.
+This means that a line can match any string, and
then presumably print that string, by doing
.Em >\e0
(because all strings are greater than the null string).
.It message
-The message to be printed if the comparison succeeds. If the string
+The message to be printed if the comparison succeeds.
+If the string
contains a
.Xr printf 3
format specification, the value from the file (with any specified masking
@@ -170,9 +174,11 @@ performed) is printed using the message as the format string.
.El
.Pp
Some file formats contain additional information which is to be printed
-along with the file type. A line which begins with the character
+along with the file type.
+A line which begins with the character
.Em >
-indicates additional tests and messages to be printed. The number of
+indicates additional tests and messages to be printed.
+The number of
.Em >
on the line indicates the level of the test; a line with no
.Em >
@@ -186,7 +192,8 @@ If the test on a line at level
.Em n
succeeds, the tests specified in all the subsequent lines at level
.Em n+1
-are performed, and the messages printed if the tests succeed. The next
+are performed, and the messages printed if the tests succeed.
+The next
line at level
.Em n
terminates this.
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