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Re: [PATCH] tr: more descriptive help text


From: Pádraig Brady
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tr: more descriptive help text
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:38:39 +0100
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Heikki Orsila wrote:
> ---
>  src/tr.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/tr.c b/src/tr.c
> index e9338d4..8084447 100644
> --- a/src/tr.c
> +++ b/src/tr.c
> @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ Usage: %s [OPTION]... SET1 [SET2]\n\
>  Translate, squeeze, and/or delete characters from standard input,\n\
>  writing to standard output.\n\
>  \n\
> -  -c, -C, --complement    first complement SET1\n\
> +  -c, -C, --complement    change SET1 into a complement of itself\n\
>    -d, --delete            delete characters in SET1, do not translate\n\
>    -s, --squeeze-repeats   replace each input sequence of a repeated 
> character\n\
>                              that is listed in SET1 with a single 
> occurrence\n\

Yes, we should add that.
"first complement" could be ambiguous/confusing.

thanks,
Pádraig.




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