freebsd-skq/contrib/less/lessecho.man
delphij a1420f2d09 Update less to v436. This is considered as a bugfix release from vendor.
Major changes from v429:
 * Don't pass "-" to non-pipe LESSOPEN unless it starts with "-".
 * Allow a fraction as the argument to the -# (--shift) option.
 * Fix highlight bug when underlined/overstruck text matches at end of line.
 * Fix non-regex searches with ctrl-R.

Approved by:	re (kensmith, kib)
2009-07-29 09:20:32 +00:00

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LESSECHO(1) LESSECHO(1)
NAME
lessecho - expand metacharacters
SYNOPSIS
lessecho [-ox] [-cx] [-pn] [-dn] [-mx] [-nn] [-ex] [-a] file ...
DESCRIPTION
lessecho is a program that simply echos its arguments on standard out-
put. But any argument containing spaces is enclosed in quotes.
OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
-ox Specifies "x" to be the open quote character.
-cx Specifies "x" to be the close quote character.
-pn Specifies "n" to be the open quote character, as an integer.
-dn Specifies "n" to be the close quote character, as an integer.
-mx Specifies "x" to be a metachar.
-nn Specifies "n" to be a metachar, as an integer.
-ex Specifies "x" to be the escape char for metachars.
-fn Specifies "n" to be the escape char for metachars, as an inte-
ger.
-a Specifies that all arguments are to be quoted. The default is
that only arguments containing spaces are quoted.
SEE ALSO
less(1)
AUTHOR
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.
Version 436: 07 Jul 2009 LESSECHO(1)