Make a bit more clear the types of characters that -B option will

print in octal. Reviewed by: roam, silence on -doc
svn path=/head/; revision=87432
2001-12-06 00:30:53 +00:00 · 2001-12-06 00:30:53 +00:00 · c602ea21d7 · 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
commit c602ea21d7
parent d860ec7a2b
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--- a/bin/ls/ls.1
+++ b/bin/ls/ls.1
@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ and
 .Ql .. .
 Always set for the super-user.
 .It Fl B
-Force printing of non-graphic characters in file names as \\xxx,
+Force printing of non-printable characters (as defined by
+.Xr ctype 3
+and current locale settings) in file names as \\xxx,
 where xxx is the numeric value of the character in octal.
 .It Fl C
 Force multi-column output; this is the default when output is to a terminal.