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diff --git a/docs/busybox.pod b/docs/busybox.pod index e1d2f4804..9926cffd2 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.pod +++ b/docs/busybox.pod @@ -1290,6 +1290,10 @@ Example: =item sh +Usage: sh + +lash -- the BusyBox LAme SHell (command interpreter) + FIXME ------------------------------- @@ -1528,12 +1532,10 @@ Example: =item tr -Usage: - - tr [-csu] string1 string2 - tr [-cu] -d string1 - tr [-cu] -s string1 - tr [-cu] -ds string1 string2 +Usage: tr [-csu] string1 string2 + tr [-cu] -d string1 + tr [-cu] -s string1 + tr [-cu] -ds string1 string2 Translate, squeeze, and/or delete characters from standard input, writing to standard output. @@ -1559,67 +1561,162 @@ Example: =item tty -FIXME +Usage: tty + +Print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input. + +Options: + + -s print nothing, only return an exit status + +Example: + + $ tty + /dev/tty2 ------------------------------- =item umount -FIXME +Usage: umount [flags] filesystem|directory + +Flags: + + -a: Unmount all file systems + -r: Try to remount devices as read-only if mount is busy + -f: Do not free loop device (if a loop device has been used) + +Example: + + $ umount /dev/hdc1 ------------------------------- =item uname -FIXME +Usage: uname [OPTION]... + +Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as -s. + +Options: + + -a print all information + -m the machine (hardware) type + -n print the machine's network node hostname + -r print the operating system release + -s print the operating system name + -p print the host processor type + -v print the operating system version + +Example: + + $ uname -a + Linux debian 2.2.15pre13 #5 Tue Mar 14 16:03:50 MST 2000 i686 unknown ------------------------------- =item uniq -FIXME +Usage: uniq [OPTION]... [INPUT [OUTPUT]] + +Discard all but one of successive identical lines from INPUT +(or standard input), writing to OUTPUT (or standard output). + +Example: + + $ echo -e "a\na\nb\nc\nc\na" | sort | uniq + a + b + c ------------------------------- =item update -FIXME +Usage: update [options] + +Periodically flushes filesystem buffers. + +Options: + + -S force use of sync(2) instead of flushing + -s SECS call sync this often (default 30) + -f SECS flush some buffers this often (default 5) ------------------------------- =item uptime -FIXME +Usage: uptime + +Tells how long the system has been running since boot. + +Example: + + $ uptime + 1:55pm up 2:30, load average: 0.09, 0.04, 0.00 ------------------------------- =item usleep -FIXME +Usage: usleep N + +Pauses for N microseconds. + +Example: + + $ usleep 1000000 + [pauses for 1 second] ------------------------------- =item wc -FIXME +Usage: wc [OPTION]... [FILE]... + +Print line, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if +more than one FILE is specified. With no FILE, read standard input. + +Options: + + -c print the byte counts + -l print the newline counts + -L print the length of the longest line + -w print the word counts + +Example: + + $ wc /etc/passwd + 31 46 1365 /etc/passwd ------------------------------- =item whoami -FIXME +Usage: whoami + +Prints the user name associated with the current effective user id. + +Example: + + $ whoami + andersen ------------------------------- =item yes -FIXME +Usage: yes [OPTION]... [STRING]... + +Repeatedly outputs a line with all specified STRING(s), or `y'. ------------------------------- =item zcat -FIXME +This is essentially an alias for invoking "gunzip -c", where +it decompresses the file inquestion and send the output to stdout. ------------------------------- @@ -1684,4 +1781,4 @@ Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es> =cut -# $Id: busybox.pod,v 1.12 2000/04/17 05:13:59 beppu Exp $ +# $Id: busybox.pod,v 1.13 2000/04/17 16:16:10 erik Exp $ |