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1 files changed, 32 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/include/usage.h b/include/usage.h
index 6a88b6cf1..d62795f3d 100644
--- a/include/usage.h
+++ b/include/usage.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
#define addgroup_full_usage \
"Add a group to the system"USE_FEATURE_ADDUSER_TO_GROUP(" or add an user to a group") \
"\n\nOptions:\n" \
- " -g GID Specify gid"
+ " -g GID Group id"
#define adduser_trivial_usage \
"[OPTIONS] user_name"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
" -s SHELL Login shell\n" \
" -G GROUP Add user to existing group\n" \
" -S Create a system user (ignored)\n" \
- " -D Do not assign a password (logins still possible via ssh)\n" \
+ " -D Do not assign a password\n" \
" -H Do not create home directory"
#define adjtimex_trivial_usage \
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
" -q Quiet\n" \
" -o offset Time offset, microseconds\n" \
" -f frequency Frequency adjust, integer kernel units (65536 is 1ppm)\n" \
- " (positive values make the system clock run faster)\n" \
+ " (positive values make clock run faster)\n" \
" -t tick Microseconds per tick, usually 10000\n" \
" -p timeconstant"
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@
"\n -d Delete a specified entry" \
"\n -v Verbose" \
"\n -n Don't resolve names" \
- "\n -i if Specify network interface (e.g. eth0)" \
+ "\n -i if Network interface (e.g. eth0)" \
"\n -D Read <hwaddr> from given device" \
- "\n -A, -p Specify protocol family" \
- "\n -H hwtype Specify hardware address type"
+ "\n -A, -p Protocol family" \
+ "\n -H hwtype Hardware address type"
#define arping_trivial_usage \
"[-fqbDUA] [-c count] [-w timeout] [-i device] [-s sender] target"
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
#define awk_full_usage \
"Options:\n" \
" -v var=val Set variable\n" \
- " -F sep Use 'sep' as field separator\n" \
+ " -F sep Use sep as field separator\n" \
" -f filename Read program from file"
#define basename_trivial_usage \
@@ -468,11 +468,11 @@
#define crontab_full_usage \
" file [opts] Replace crontab from file\n" \
" - [opts] Replace crontab from stdin\n" \
- " -u user Specify user\n" \
+ " -u user User\n" \
" -l [user] List crontab for user\n" \
" -e [user] Edit crontab for user\n" \
" -d [user] Delete crontab for user\n" \
- " -c dir Specify crontab directory"
+ " -c dir Crontab directory"
#define cryptpw_trivial_usage \
"[-a des|md5] [string]"
@@ -509,11 +509,11 @@
USE_FEATURE_DATE_ISOFMT( \
" -I[TIMESPEC] Outputs an ISO-8601 compliant date/time string\n" \
" TIMESPEC='date' (or missing) for date only,\n" \
- " 'hours', 'minutes', or 'seconds' for date and,\n" \
+ " 'hours', 'minutes', or 'seconds' for date and\n" \
" time to the indicated precision\n" \
" -D hint Use 'hint' as date format, via strptime()\n" \
) \
- " -s Sets time described by STRING\n" \
+ " -s STRING Sets time described by STRING\n" \
" -r FILE Displays the last modification time of FILE\n" \
" -u Prints or sets Coordinated Universal Time"
#define date_example_usage \
@@ -596,9 +596,9 @@
"\n\nOptions:" \
"\n mntpnt The mount point where devfs is mounted" \
"\n -v Print the protocol version numbers for devfsd" \
- "\n and the kernel-side protocol version and exits" \
+ "\n and the kernel-side protocol version and exit" \
USE_DEVFSD_FG_NP( \
- "\n -fg Run the daemon in the foreground" \
+ "\n -fg Run in foreground" \
"\n -np Exit after parsing the configuration file" \
"\n and processing synthetic REGISTER events," \
"\n do not poll for events")
@@ -1606,7 +1606,7 @@
" -c Copy the file, default\n" \
" -d Create directories\n" \
" -g Set group ownership\n" \
- " -m Set permission modes\n" \
+ " -m Set permissions\n" \
" -o Set ownership\n" \
" -p Preserve date\n" \
" -s Strip symbol tables" \
@@ -1672,7 +1672,7 @@
#define ipcs_trivial_usage \
"[[-smq] -i shmid] | [[-asmq] [-tcplu]]"
#define ipcs_full_usage \
- " -i Specify a specific resource id\n" \
+ " -i Show a specific resource\n" \
"Resource specification:\n" \
" -m Shared memory segments\n" \
" -q Message queues\n" \
@@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@
"Kernel logger" \
"\n\nOptions:\n" \
" -c n Sets the default log level of console messages to n\n" \
- " -n Run as foreground process"
+ " -n Run in foreground"
#define length_trivial_usage \
"STRING"
@@ -1781,11 +1781,9 @@
"changed, and files can be manipulated in various ways." \
"\n\nOptions:\n" \
" -E Quit once the end of a file is reached\n" \
- " -M Display a status line containing the current line numbers\n" \
+ " -M,-m Display a status line containing the current line numbers\n" \
" and the percentage through the file\n" \
" -N Prefix line numbers to each line\n" \
- " -m Display a status line containing the percentage through the\n" \
- " file\n" \
" -~ Suppress ~s displayed when input past the end of the file is\n" \
" reached"
@@ -1804,7 +1802,7 @@
"\n\nOptions:\n" \
" -s Make symlinks instead of hardlinks\n" \
" -f Remove existing destination files\n" \
- " -n No dereference symlinks - treat like normal file\n" \
+ " -n Don't dereference symlinks - treat like normal file\n" \
" -b Make a backup of the target (if exists) before link operation\n" \
" -S suf Use suffix instead of ~ when making backup files"
#define ln_example_usage \
@@ -2144,10 +2142,10 @@
#define mkfs_minix_full_usage \
"Make a MINIX filesystem" \
"\n\nOptions:\n" \
- " -c Check the device for bad blocks\n" \
- " -n [14|30] Specify the maximum length of filenames\n" \
- " -i INODES Specify the number of inodes for the filesystem\n" \
- " -l FILENAME Read the bad blocks list from FILENAME\n" \
+ " -c Check device for bad blocks\n" \
+ " -n [14|30] Maximum length of filenames\n" \
+ " -i INODES Number of inodes for the filesystem\n" \
+ " -l FILENAME Read bad blocks list from FILENAME\n" \
" -v Make a Minix version 2 filesystem"
#define mknod_trivial_usage \
@@ -2281,7 +2279,7 @@
) \
" -o option One of many filesystem options, listed below\n" \
" -r Mount the filesystem read-only\n" \
- " -t fs-type Specify the filesystem type\n" \
+ " -t fs-type Filesystem type\n" \
" -w Mount for reading and writing (default)\n" \
"\n" \
"Options for use with the \"-o\" flag:\n" \
@@ -3095,7 +3093,7 @@ USE_FEATURE_RUN_PARTS_FANCY("\n -l Prints names of all matching files even when
" -f Ignore case\n" \
" -g General numerical sort\n" \
" -i Ignore unprintable characters\n" \
- " -k Specify sort key\n" \
+ " -k Sort key\n" \
" -M Sort month\n") \
" -n Sort numbers\n" \
USE_FEATURE_SORT_BIG( \
@@ -3146,7 +3144,7 @@ USE_FEATURE_RUN_PARTS_FANCY("\n -l Prints names of all matching files even when
"\n -S|--start Start" \
"\n -K|--stop Stop" \
"\n -a|--startas pathname Starts process specified by pathname" \
- "\n -b|--background Force process into background" \
+ "\n -b|--background Put process into background" \
"\n -u|--user username|uid Stop this user's processes" \
"\n -x|--exec executable Program to either start or check" \
"\n -m|--make-pidfile Create the -p file and enter pid in it" \
@@ -3338,7 +3336,7 @@ USE_FEATURE_RUN_PARTS_FANCY("\n -l Prints names of all matching files even when
"System logging utility.\n" \
"Note that this version of syslogd ignores /etc/syslog.conf." \
"\n\nOptions:" \
- "\n -n Run as foreground process" \
+ "\n -n Run in foreground" \
"\n -O FILE Log to given file (default=/var/log/messages)" \
"\n -l n Set local log level" \
"\n -S Smaller logging output" \
@@ -3472,7 +3470,7 @@ USE_FEATURE_RUN_PARTS_FANCY("\n -l Prints names of all matching files even when
USE_FEATURE_TELNETD_STANDALONE( \
"\n -p PORT Port to listen to" \
"\n -b ADDR Address to bind to" \
- "\n -F Stay in foreground" \
+ "\n -F Run in foreground" \
"\n -i Run as inetd subservice" \
)
@@ -3613,7 +3611,7 @@ USE_FEATURE_RUN_PARTS_FANCY("\n -l Prints names of all matching files even when
" -t tos Type-of-service in probe packets (default 0)\n" \
" -w wait Time in seconds to wait for a response to a probe\n" \
" (default 3 sec)\n" \
- " -g Specify a loose source route gateway (8 max)"
+ " -g Loose source route gateway (8 max)"
#define true_trivial_usage \
@@ -3664,7 +3662,7 @@ USE_FEATURE_RUN_PARTS_FANCY("\n -l Prints names of all matching files even when
"\n -r,--request=IP IP address to request" \
"\n -s,--script=file Run file at dhcp events (default: /usr/share/udhcpc/default.script)" \
"\n -t,--retries=N Send up to N request packets"\
- "\n -f,--foreground Stay in foreground" \
+ "\n -f,--foreground Run in foreground" \
"\n -b,--background Background if lease cannot be immediately negotiated" \
"\n -S,--syslog Log to syslog too" \
"\n -n,--now Exit with failure if lease cannot be immediately negotiated" \
@@ -3677,7 +3675,7 @@ USE_FEATURE_RUN_PARTS_FANCY("\n -l Prints names of all matching files even when
#define udhcpd_full_usage \
"DHCP server" \
- "\n -f Stay in foreground" \
+ "\n -f Run in foreground" \
"\n -S Log to syslog too"
#define umount_trivial_usage \
@@ -3857,7 +3855,7 @@ USE_FEATURE_RUN_PARTS_FANCY("\n -l Prints names of all matching files even when
"Periodically write to watchdog device DEV" \
"\n\nOptions:" \
"\n -t N Timer period (default 30)" \
- "\n -F Stay in the foreground and don't fork" \
+ "\n -F Run in foreground" \
"\n" \
"\nUse -t 500ms to specify period in milliseconds"
@@ -3940,7 +3938,7 @@ USE_FEATURE_RUN_PARTS_FANCY("\n -l Prints names of all matching files even when
#define zcip_full_usage \
"Manage a ZeroConf IPv4 link-local address" \
"\n\nOptions:\n" \
- " -f Foreground mode\n" \
+ " -f Run in foreground\n" \
" -q Quit after address (no daemon)\n" \
" -r 169.254.x.x Request this address first\n" \
" -v Verbose"