A bit of rewording for clarity, taken from OpenBSD.

Submitted by:	jmc@OpenBSD.org
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trhodes 2009-01-10 12:47:22 +00:00
parent bc0785459c
commit 00acc9b7ae

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@ -51,22 +51,39 @@ a dash
.Nm
reads from standard input.
.Pp
Files are created with a prefix of
.Dq xx
and two decimal digits.
The size of each file is written to standard output
as it is created.
If an error occurs whilst files are being created,
or a
.Dv HUP ,
.Dv INT ,
or
.Dv TERM
signal is received,
all files previously written are removed.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl f Ar prefix
Give created files names beginning with
.Ar prefix .
The default is
Create file names beginning with
.Ar prefix ,
instead of
.Dq Pa xx .
.It Fl k
Do not remove output files.
Do not remove previously created files if an error occurs or a
.Dv HUP ,
.Dv INT ,
or
.Dv TERM
signal is received.
.It Fl n Ar number
Use
Create file names beginning with
.Ar number
of decimal digits after the
.Ar prefix
to form the file name.
The default is 2.
of decimal digits after the prefix,
instead of 2.
.It Fl s
Do not write the size of each output file to standard output as it is
created.