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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-06-12 06:09:19 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-06-12 06:09:19 +0000
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tree02fca591ef1c5506631f769ba242d82b14533658 /man1
parentb4e9ee8f4814c274e7066a505aaf2bca7aedb440 (diff)
Wrap source lines so that new sentence starts on new line.
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-rw-r--r--man1/time.13
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man1/intro.1 b/man1/intro.1
index 8772cfa4..b7ceb07f 100644
--- a/man1/intro.1
+++ b/man1/intro.1
@@ -225,17 +225,20 @@ removes a directory if it is empty, and complains otherwise.
The command
.I find
(with a rather baroque syntax) will find files with given name
-or other properties. For example, "find . \-name tel" would find
+or other properties.
+For example, "find . \-name tel" would find
the file "tel" starting in the present directory (which is called ".").
And "find / \-name tel" would do the same, but starting at the root
-of the tree. Large searches on a multi-GB disk will be time-consuming,
+of the tree.
+Large searches on a multi-GB disk will be time-consuming,
and it may be better to use
.BR locate (1).
.SS "Disks and Filesystems"
The command
.I mount
will attach the file system found on some disk (or floppy, or CDROM or so)
-to the big file system hierarchy. And
+to the big file system hierarchy.
+And
.I umount
detaches it again.
The command
@@ -253,8 +256,10 @@ will show you which processes are active and what numbers these
processes have.
The command
.I kill
-allows you to get rid of them. Without option this is a friendly
-request: please go away. And "kill \-9" followed by the number
+allows you to get rid of them.
+Without option this is a friendly
+request: please go away.
+And "kill \-9" followed by the number
of the process is an immediate kill.
Foreground processes can often be killed by typing Control-C.
.SS "Getting information"
@@ -275,13 +280,16 @@ In documentation it is customary to refer to man pages
by giving the name and section number, as in
.BR man (1).
Man pages are terse, and allow you to find quickly some forgotten
-detail. For newcomers an introductory text with more examples
+detail.
+For newcomers an introductory text with more examples
and explanations is useful.
.LP
-A lot of GNU/FSF software is provided with info files. Type "info info"
+A lot of GNU/FSF software is provided with info files.
+Type "info info"
for an introduction on the use of the program "info".
.LP
-Special topics are often treated in HOWTOs. Look in
+Special topics are often treated in HOWTOs.
+Look in
.I /usr/share/doc/howto/en
and use a browser if you find HTML files there.
.\"
diff --git a/man1/time.1 b/man1/time.1
index 04a31de8..880f299d 100644
--- a/man1/time.1
+++ b/man1/time.1
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ These are faults where the page has to be read in from disk.
.B %R
Number of minor, or recoverable, page faults.
These are faults for pages that are not valid but which have
-not yet been claimed by other virtual pages. Thus the data
+not yet been claimed by other virtual pages.
+Thus the data
in the page is still valid but the system tables must be updated.
.TP
.B %W