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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ ________________________________________________________________________________
BusyBox 0.38, Functions and the Arguments they Support
+New Apps that have been added to BusyBox since this document was written:
+ ping, hostname, mkfifo, free, tail, du, tee, head, sort, uniq, lsmod, rmmod, fbset, and loadacm.
+
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@@ -154,7 +157,7 @@ cp [option] fileA fileB
attributes group permissions and time information.
- -R recursive Copy to the current location and all subdirectories in the tree.
+ -R recursive Copies directories recursively
@@ -321,7 +324,7 @@ fsck.minix [-larvsmf] /dev/name
-r Perform interactive repairs.
- -q Perform automatic repairs
+ -a Perform automatic repairs
-v Verbose
@@ -712,29 +715,30 @@ ________________________________________________________________________________
-
sed
+ Usage: sed [-n] -e script [file...]
- Sed scripts are subject to the following format: 's/regexp/replacement/[gp]' which attempts to
-
- to match regexp against the pattern space and if successful, replaces the matched portion with
-
- replacement -r or -R Remove contents of directories recursively.
-
-
-
-
-________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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-
-
+ Allowed sed scripts come in the following form:
+ 'ADDR [!] COMMAND'
-rmdir [OPTION] ... directory
+ where address ADDR can be:
+ NUMBER Match specified line number
+ $ Match last line
+ /REGEXP/ Match specified regexp
+ (! inverts the meaning of the match)
- Remove directories if they are empty.
+ and COMMAND can be:
+ s/regexp/replacement/[igp]
+ which attempt to match regexp against the pattern space
+ and if successful replaces the matched portion with replacement.
+ aTEXT
+ which appends TEXT after the pattern space
+ Options:
+ -e add the script to the commands to be executed
+ -n suppress automatic printing of pattern space
+ This version of sed matches full regular expresions.
@@ -744,51 +748,6 @@ ________________________________________________________________________________
-rmdir [OPTION] ... directory
-
- Remove directories if they are empty.
-
-
-
-
-________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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-
-
-sed
-
- Sed scripts are subject to the following format: 's/regexp/replacement/[gp]' which attempts to
-
- match regexp against the pattern space and if successful, replaces the matched portion with
-
- replacement. This version of sed matches
-
- full regular expressions.
-
- -e Add the script to the commands to be executed.
-
- -n Suppress automatic printing of pattern space..
-
- -e Add the script to the commands to be executed.
-
- -n Suppress automatic printing of pattern space..
-
- -e Add the script to the commands to be executed.
-
- -n Suppress automatic printing of pattern space.
-
-
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-________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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-
sleep N
Pause for N seconds.
@@ -977,10 +936,14 @@ ________________________________________________________________________________
zcat [options] files
- Uncompress file from gzip, gunzip or compress command or standard input if file is '-'.
+ Usage: zcat [OPTION]... FILE
- -c Write output to standard output.
+ Uncompress FILE (or standard input if FILE is '-').
+ (When invoked as zcat, defaults to having -c turned on)
+ Options:
+ -c Write output to standard output
+ -t Test compressed file integrity
@@ -991,7 +954,7 @@ ________________________________________________________________________________
-gunzip (Same as zcat)
+gunzip (Same as zcat, but without the "-c" option.)
@@ -1003,10 +966,13 @@ ________________________________________________________________________________
+gzip [OPTION]... FILE
-gzip (Same as zcat)
-
+ Compress FILE with maximum compression.
+ When FILE is -, reads standard input. Implies -c.
+ Options:
+ -c Write output to standard output instead of FILE.gz