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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2006-12-24 19:18:52 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2006-12-24 19:18:52 +0000
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@@ -43,16 +43,10 @@
.Nd display the last part of a file
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Oo
-.Fl F |
-.Fl f |
-.Fl r
-.Oc
+.Op Fl F | f | r
.Op Fl q
.Oo
-.Fl b Ar number |
-.Fl c Ar number |
-.Fl n Ar number
+.Fl b Ar number | Fl c Ar number | Fl n Ar number
.Oc
.Op Ar
.Sh DESCRIPTION
@@ -64,21 +58,25 @@ or, by default, its standard input, to the standard output.
.Pp
The display begins at a byte, line or 512-byte block location in the
input.
-Numbers having a leading plus (``+'') sign are relative to the beginning
+Numbers having a leading plus
+.Pq Ql +
+sign are relative to the beginning
of the input, for example,
-.Dq -c +2
+.Dq Li "-c +2"
starts the display at the second
byte of the input.
-Numbers having a leading minus (``-'') sign or no explicit sign are
+Numbers having a leading minus
+.Pq Ql -
+sign or no explicit sign are
relative to the end of the input, for example,
-.Dq -n 2
+.Dq Li "-n 2"
displays the last two lines of the input.
The default starting location is
-.Dq -n 10 ,
+.Dq Li "-n 10" ,
or the last 10 lines of the input.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
-.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl b Ar number
The location is
.Ar number
@@ -122,8 +120,7 @@ The
.Fl r
option causes the input to be displayed in reverse order, by line.
Additionally, this option changes the meaning of the
-.Fl b ,
-.Fl c
+.Fl b , c
and
.Fl n
options.
@@ -139,9 +136,9 @@ option is to display all of the input.
.Pp
If more than a single file is specified, each file is preceded by a
header consisting of the string
-.Dq ==> XXX <==
+.Dq Li "==> " Ns Ar XXX Ns Li " <=="
where
-.Dq XXX
+.Ar XXX
is the name of the file unless
.Fl q
flag is specified.
@@ -177,8 +174,11 @@ and
.Fl n
options modify the
.Fl r
-option, i.e., ``-r -c 4'' displays the last 4 characters of the last line
-of the input, while the historic tail (using the historic syntax ``-4cr'')
+option, i.e.,
+.Dq Li "-r -c 4"
+displays the last 4 characters of the last line
+of the input, while the historic tail (using the historic syntax
+.Dq Li -4cr )
would ignore the
.Fl c
option and display the last 4 lines of the input.
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