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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8 b/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8 index e3fe78e..4fe1758 100644 --- a/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8 +++ b/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8 @@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ allocation and then by type of usage. .It Fl n Change the maximum number of disks to display from the default of 2. .It Fl p -Specify which types of devices to display. There are three different +Specify which types of devices to display. +There are three different categories of devices: .Pp .Bl -tag -width indent -compact @@ -166,15 +167,18 @@ Passthrough devices .El .Pp The user must specify at least one device type, and may specify at most -one device type from each category. Multiple device types in a single +one device type from each category. +Multiple device types in a single device type statement must be separated by commas. .Pp Any number of .Fl p -arguments may be specified on the command line. All +arguments may be specified on the command line. +All .Fl p arguments are ORed together to form a matching expression against which -all devices in the system are compared. Any device that fully matches +all devices in the system are compared. +Any device that fully matches any .Fl p argument will be included in the @@ -262,7 +266,8 @@ If more than three disk drives are configured in the system, .Nm displays only the first three drives, unless the user specifies the .Fl n -argument to increase the number of drives displayed. This will probably +argument to increase the number of drives displayed. +This will probably cause the display to exceed 80 columns, however. To force .Nm @@ -272,7 +277,8 @@ The utility defaults to show disks first, and then various other random devices in the system to add up to three devices, if there are that many devices in the -system. If devices are specified on the command line, or if a device type +system. +If devices are specified on the command line, or if a device type matching pattern is specified (see above), .Nm will only display the given devices or the devices matching the pattern, |
