sysctl(8): clarify -n flag

-n omits the name of the variable regardless of the type of information that is
requested. Rephrase to clarify this point.

PR:	242191
Submitted by:	stilezy@gmail.com
Approved by:	emaste@
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26149
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Fernando Apesteguía 2020-08-22 11:59:14 +00:00
parent 1e991466c3
commit 0ad4bfaef1

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@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" From: @(#)sysctl.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd February 8, 2019
.Dd August 22, 2020
.Dt SYSCTL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ use:
.Pp
.Dl "complete sysctl 'n/*/`sysctl -Na`/'"
.It Fl n
Show only variable values, not their names.
Do not show variable names.
This option is useful for setting shell variables.
For instance, to save the pagesize in variable
.Va psize ,