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diff --git a/contrib/less/lessecho.nro b/contrib/less/lessecho.nro index 46540e8bccad..0e6269806f72 100644 --- a/contrib/less/lessecho.nro +++ b/contrib/less/lessecho.nro @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH LESSECHO 1 "Version 444: 09 Jun 2011" +.TH LESSECHO 1 "Version 451: 21 Jul 2012" .SH NAME lessecho \- expand metacharacters .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -7,12 +7,19 @@ lessecho \- expand metacharacters .SH "DESCRIPTION" .I lessecho is a program that simply echos its arguments on standard output. -But any argument containing spaces is enclosed in quotes. +But any metacharacter in the output is preceded by an "escape" +character, which by default is a backslash. .SH OPTIONS A summary of options is included below. .TP +.B \-ex +Specifies "x", rather than backslash, to be the escape char for metachars. +If x is "-", no escape char is used and arguments containing metachars +are surrounded by quotes instead. +.TP .B \-ox -Specifies "x" to be the open quote character. +Specifies "x", rather than double-quote, to be the open quote character, +which is used if the -e- option is specified. .TP .B \-cx Specifies "x" to be the close quote character. @@ -25,19 +32,17 @@ Specifies "n" to be the close quote character, as an integer. .TP .B \-mx Specifies "x" to be a metachar. +By default, no characters are considered metachars. .TP .B \-nn Specifies "n" to be a metachar, as an integer. .TP -.B \-ex -Specifies "x" to be the escape char for metachars. -.TP .B \-fn Specifies "n" to be the escape char for metachars, as an integer. .TP .B \-a Specifies that all arguments are to be quoted. -The default is that only arguments containing spaces are quoted. +The default is that only arguments containing metacharacters are quoted .SH "SEE ALSO" less(1) .SH AUTHOR |