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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-09-14 22:14:01 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-09-14 22:14:01 +0000
commitd7b87853ad02031845dedc2e4eb43470f70629b2 (patch)
tree6711d6705a3d61a8fc1398a0e93943d2c24e793f /bin/ls/ls.1
parent0e57f2a299667350f0094976659b7e7f6dee3478 (diff)
First complete sweep of man pages, bin/. Command/function names previously
(incorrectly) capatilized are fixed. Comma splices, hyphenations, SYNOPSIS cleanups, other miscellaneous typos.
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/ls/ls.1')
-rw-r--r--bin/ls/ls.133
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/bin/ls/ls.1 b/bin/ls/ls.1
index 3bcbcc05b4e..af82995a268 100644
--- a/bin/ls/ls.1
+++ b/bin/ls/ls.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ls.1,v 1.8 1998/08/07 19:44:53 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ls.1,v 1.9 1998/09/14 22:13:49 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: ls.1,v 1.14 1995/12/05 02:44:01 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ options all override each other; the last one specified determines
the format used.
.Pp
The
-.Fl c ,
+.Fl c
and
.Fl u
options override each other; the last one specified determines
@@ -212,11 +212,11 @@ directory.
If the owner or group names are not a known user or group name,
or the
.Fl n
-option is given, the numeric ID's are displayed.
+option is given, the numeric IDs are displayed.
.Pp
If the file is a character special or block special file,
the major and minor device numbers for the file are displayed
-in the size field. If the file is a symbolic link the pathname of the
+in the size field. If the file is a symbolic link, the pathname of the
linked-to file is preceded by
.Dq \-> .
.Pp
@@ -230,21 +230,21 @@ follows:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width 4n -offset indent -compact
.It Sy b
-Block special file.
+block special file
.It Sy c
-Character special file.
+character special file
.It Sy d
-Directory.
+directory
.It Sy l
-Symbolic link.
+symbolic link
.It Sy s
-Socket link.
+socket link
.\" .It Sy p
.\" .Tn FIFO .
.It Sy w
-Whiteout.
+whiteout
.It Sy \-
-Regular file.
+regular file
.El
.Pp
The next three fields
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ These next two apply only to the third character in the last group
The sticky bit is set
(mode
.Li 1000 ) ,
-but not execute or search permission. (See
+but neither executable nor searchable. (See
.Xr chmod 1
or
.Xr sticky 8 . )
@@ -311,10 +311,11 @@ or
.Pp
In addition, if the
.Fl o
-option was specified, the file flags (See
-.Xr chflags 1 . )
+option was specified, the file flags (see
+.Xr chflags 1 )
are displayed as comma-separated strings in front of the file name,
-abbreviated as follows
+abbreviated as follows:
+.Pp
.Bl -tag -width 8n -offset indent -compact
.It Sy -
no flags
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ system immutable
.Pp
The
.Nm ls
-utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of
.Nm ls :