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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-10-30 00:24:46 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-10-30 00:24:46 +0000
commit33736ffdf1f2ac217360b569f5f830d55f4cfde4 (patch)
tree73d2123b9938a843493510c640d1ad2be8081211 /usr.bin/vis
parent0f9fe76e9ba60a970964ebdbc054abf80e947a7d (diff)
usr.bin/ man page fixes, t-z
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/vis')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/vis/vis.113
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/vis/vis.1 b/usr.bin/vis/vis.1
index fb623e385b0..6613481e5a4 100644
--- a/usr.bin/vis/vis.1
+++ b/usr.bin/vis/vis.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: vis.1,v 1.2 1996/06/26 05:42:38 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: vis.1,v 1.3 1998/10/30 00:24:42 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: vis.1,v 1.5 1994/11/17 07:56:00 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
.Op Fl F Ar foldwidth
.Op Ar file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Vis
+.Nm vis
is a filter for converting non-printable characters
into a visual representation. It differs from
.Ql cat -v
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl b
Turns off prepending of backslash before up-arrow control sequences
-and meta characters, and disables the doubling of backslashes. This
-produces output which is neither invertible or precise, but does
+and meta-characters, and disables the doubling of backslashes. This
+produces output which is neither invertible nor precise, but does
represent a minimum of change to the input. It is similar to
.Dq Li cat -v .
.It Fl c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ becomes like
an invertible version of the
.Xr fold 1
utility. That is, the output
-can be unfolded by running the output through
+can be unfolded by running the output through.
.It Fl o
Request a format which displays non-printable characters as
an octal number, \eddd.
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ an octal number, \eddd.
Only characters considered unsafe to send to a terminal are encoded.
This flag allows backspace, bell, and carriage return in addition
to the default space, tab and newline.
-.Xr unvis 1 .
.It Fl t
Tabs are also encoded.
.It Fl w
@@ -123,5 +122,5 @@ White space (space-tab-newline) is also encoded.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
-command appears in
+command appeared in
.Bx 4.4 .