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