freebsd-skq/contrib/less/lessecho.man

LESSECHO(1)                                                        LESSECHO(1)


[1mNAME[0m
       lessecho - expand metacharacters

[1mSYNOPSIS[0m
       [1mlessecho [4m[22m[-ox][24m [4m[-cx][24m [4m[-pn][24m [4m[-dn][24m [4m[-mx][24m [4m[-nn][24m [4m[-ex][24m [4m[-a][24m [4mfile[24m [4m...[0m

[1mDESCRIPTION[0m
       [4mlessecho[24m  is a program that simply echos its arguments on standard out-
       put.  But any argument containing spaces is enclosed in quotes.

[1mOPTIONS[0m
       A summary of options is included below.

       [1m-ox    [22mSpecifies "x" to be the open quote character.

       [1m-cx    [22mSpecifies "x" to be the close quote character.

       [1m-pn    [22mSpecifies "n" to be the open quote character, as an integer.

       [1m-dn    [22mSpecifies "n" to be the close quote character, as an integer.

       [1m-mx    [22mSpecifies "x" to be a metachar.

       [1m-nn    [22mSpecifies "n" to be a metachar, as an integer.

       [1m-ex    [22mSpecifies "x" to be the escape char for metachars.

       [1m-fn    [22mSpecifies "n" to be the escape char for metachars, as  an  inte-
              ger.

       [1m-a     [22mSpecifies  that  all arguments are to be quoted.  The default is
              that only arguments containing spaces are quoted.

[1mSEE ALSO[0m
       less(1)

[1mAUTHOR[0m
       This manual page was written by  Thomas  Schoepf  <schoepf@debian.org>,
       for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

       Send bug reports or comments to bug-less@gnu.org.


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+								LESSECHO(1)                                                        LESSECHO(1)
-												MFC: less v406

											
										
										
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+								[1mNAME[0m
-												This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'RELENG_6'.

											
										
										
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+								       lessecho - expand metacharacters
-												MFC: less v406

											
										
										
											2007-07-03 05:12:43 +00:00
+								[1mSYNOPSIS[0m
 								       [1mlessecho [4m[22m[-ox][24m [4m[-cx][24m [4m[-pn][24m [4m[-dn][24m [4m[-mx][24m [4m[-nn][24m [4m[-ex][24m [4m[-a][24m [4mfile[24m [4m...[0m
-												This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'RELENG_6'.

											
										
										
											2006-08-28 08:13:57 +00:00
-												MFC: less v406

											
										
										
											2007-07-03 05:12:43 +00:00
+								[1mDESCRIPTION[0m
 								       [4mlessecho[24m  is a program that simply echos its arguments on standard out-
-												This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'RELENG_6'.

											
										
										
											2006-08-28 08:13:57 +00:00
+								       put.  But any argument containing spaces is enclosed in quotes.
-												MFC: less v406

											
										
										
											2007-07-03 05:12:43 +00:00
+								[1mOPTIONS[0m
-												This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'RELENG_6'.

											
										
										
											2006-08-28 08:13:57 +00:00
+								       A summary of options is included below.
-												MFC: less v406

											
										
										
											2007-07-03 05:12:43 +00:00
+								       [1m-ox    [22mSpecifies "x" to be the open quote character.
-												This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'RELENG_6'.

											
										
										
											2006-08-28 08:13:57 +00:00
-												MFC: less v406

											
										
										
											2007-07-03 05:12:43 +00:00
+								       [1m-cx    [22mSpecifies "x" to be the close quote character.
-												This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'RELENG_6'.

											
										
										
											2006-08-28 08:13:57 +00:00
-												MFC: less v406

											
										
										
											2007-07-03 05:12:43 +00:00
+								       [1m-pn    [22mSpecifies "n" to be the open quote character, as an integer.
-												This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'RELENG_6'.

											
										
										
											2006-08-28 08:13:57 +00:00
-												MFC: less v406

											
										
										
											2007-07-03 05:12:43 +00:00
+								       [1m-dn    [22mSpecifies "n" to be the close quote character, as an integer.
-												This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'RELENG_6'.

											
										
										
											2006-08-28 08:13:57 +00:00
-												MFC: less v406

											
										
										
											2007-07-03 05:12:43 +00:00
+								       [1m-mx    [22mSpecifies "x" to be a metachar.
-												This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'RELENG_6'.

											
										
										
											2006-08-28 08:13:57 +00:00
-												MFC: less v406

											
										
										
											2007-07-03 05:12:43 +00:00
+								       [1m-nn    [22mSpecifies "n" to be a metachar, as an integer.
-												This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'RELENG_6'.

											
										
										
											2006-08-28 08:13:57 +00:00
-												MFC: less v406

											
										
										
											2007-07-03 05:12:43 +00:00
+								       [1m-ex    [22mSpecifies "x" to be the escape char for metachars.
-												This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'RELENG_6'.

											
										
										
											2006-08-28 08:13:57 +00:00
-												MFC: less v406

											
										
										
											2007-07-03 05:12:43 +00:00
+								       [1m-fn    [22mSpecifies "n" to be the escape char for metachars, as  an  inte-
-												This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'RELENG_6'.

											
										
										
											2006-08-28 08:13:57 +00:00
+								              ger.
-												MFC: less v406

											
										
										
											2007-07-03 05:12:43 +00:00
+								       [1m-a     [22mSpecifies  that  all arguments are to be quoted.  The default is
-												This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'RELENG_6'.

											
										
										
											2006-08-28 08:13:57 +00:00
+								              that only arguments containing spaces are quoted.
-												MFC: less v406

											
										
										
											2007-07-03 05:12:43 +00:00
+								[1mSEE ALSO[0m
-												This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'RELENG_6'.

											
										
										
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+								       less(1)
-												MFC: less v406

											
										
										
											2007-07-03 05:12:43 +00:00
+								[1mAUTHOR[0m
-												This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'RELENG_6'.

											
										
										
											2006-08-28 08:13:57 +00:00
+								       This manual page was written by  Thomas  Schoepf  <schoepf@debian.org>,
 								       for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
 								       Send bug reports or comments to bug-less@gnu.org.
-												MFC: less v416.

Approved by:	re (kensmith)

											
										
										
											2007-12-04 22:41:44 +00:00
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