improve usage messages (thanks henesy)

Fix inconsistencies between programs and their usage
messages,  correct instances where information seems
to be missing or lost. This  includes missing arguments,
making usage consistent with manuals, and so on.
front
Ori Bernstein 2020-03-10 10:09:34 -07:00
parent 06ea44c895
commit 5bc9b0c3ca
34 changed files with 47 additions and 38 deletions

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@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#!/bin/rc
if(! ~ $#* 3){
echo usage: approx ratio min max
echo usage: approx ratio min max >[1=2]
exit usage
}
echo $1 $2 $3 | awk '

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@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
rfork en
if(! ~ $#* 0 1) {
echo 'Usage: doc2txt [file.doc]' >[1=2]
echo 'usage: doc2txt [file.doc]' >[1=2]
exit usage
}

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@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
#!/bin/rc
# doctype: synthesize proper command line for troff
if(~ $#* 0){
echo 'usage: doctype [ -n ] [ -T dev ] [ file ] ...' >[1=2]
exit usage
}
troff=troff
eqn=eqn
prefer=prefer

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@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ while(! ~ $#* 0) {
sname=$2
shift
case -*
echo Usage: classical [-d level] [-t] [-h srvhost]
echo usage: juke [-d level] [-tw] [-s srv] [-h srvhost] >[1=2]
exit usage
}
shift

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@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fn sigint sighup sigterm {
*=`{echo $*|tr A-Z a-z|tr -dc 'a-z0-9_. \012'} # fold case, delete funny chars
if(~ $#* 0){
echo Usage: lookman key ... >/fd/2
echo usage: lookman key ... >/fd/2
exit usage
}
look $1 $index | sed 's/.* //' | sort -u >$t1

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@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ flagfmt='D,H,L,Q,R,r,q,M mach,c copies,d printer,f font.size,i src,k jobnos,l li
argv0=lp
if(! ifs=() eval `{aux/getflags $*}) {
echo $USAGE
echo $USAGE >[1=2]
exit usage
}
if(~ $flagd '?'){

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@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ fn page {
search=yes
while(~ $d 0) {
if(~ $#* 0) {
echo 'Usage: man [-bntpPSw] [0-9] [0-9] ... name1 name2 ...' >[1=2]
exit
echo 'usage: man [-bntpPSw] [0-9] [0-9] ... name1 name2 ...' >[1=2]
exit usage
}
if(test -d $S/$1){
sec=($sec $1)

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@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ case -v
switch($#*){
case 0 1
echo usage: $0 telephone-number recipient '[files]'
exit 0
echo usage: $0 telephone-number recipient '[files]' >[1=2]
exit usage
case 2
stdin=yes
}

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@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ case 0
case 1
ps $flags | sed -n '/^'$1' /p'
case *
echo Usage: psu '[ps-flags] [ user ]' >[1=2]
echo usage: psu '[ps-flags] [ user ]' >[1=2]
exit usage
}

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@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
*=`{echo $*|tr A-Z a-z|tr -dc 'a-z0-9_ \012'} # fold case, delete funny chars
if(~ $#* 0){
echo Usage: sig function ... >/fd/2
exit 1
echo usage: sig function ... >/fd/2
exit usage
}
for (i) {

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@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ rfork e
flagfmt='n,e script,f sfile'
args='[ file ... ]'
fn usage { echo $0 '[ -n ] [ -e script ] [ -f sfile ] [ file ... ]' >[1=2] }
argv0=$0
fn usage { echo usage: $argv0 '[ -n ] [ -e script ] [ -f sfile ] [ file ... ]' >[1=2] }
if(! ifs=() eval `{aux/getflags $*}){
usage
exit usage

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@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
rfork e
if(~ $#* 0){
echo 'Usage: ' $0 '[ pid ... ]' >[1=2]
echo 'usage:' $0 '[ pid ... ]' >[1=2]
exit usage
}

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@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mothra \- retrieve and display World-Wide Web files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mothra
[
.B -va
.B -dvak
]
[
.B -m
@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ The default is
.B -v
Verbose mode. Causes HTML errors to be printed
on file-descriptor 2.
.TP
.B -d
Enables debug mode.
.PP
The display contains the last message from
.I mothra,

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@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static void timerproc(void *);
static void
usage(void)
{
fprint(2, "Usage: %s [-cd] [-m maxto] dialstring|netdir\n", argv0);
fprint(2, "usage: %s [-cd] [-m maxto] dialstring|netdir\n", argv0);
exits("usage");
}

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@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
void
usage(void)
{
fprint(2, "Usage:\n\t%s user pass\n\t%s authorization\n", argv0, argv0);
fprint(2, "usage:\n\t%s user pass\n\t%s authorization\n", argv0, argv0);
exits("usage");
}

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@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ void main(int argc, char *argv[])
cmdname = argv[0];
if (argc == 1) {
Bprint(&stderr, "Usage: %s [-F fieldsep] [-mf n] [-mr n] [-v var=value] [-f programfile | 'program'] [file ...]\n", cmdname);
Bprint(&stderr, "usage: %s [-F fieldsep] [-d] [-mf n] [-mr n] [-safe] [-v var=value] [-f programfile | 'program'] [file ...]\n", cmdname);
exits("usage");
}

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@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
sflag++;
break;
default:
fprint(2, "Usage: bc [-cdls] [file ...]\n");
fprint(2, "usage: bc [-cdls] [file ...]\n");
exits("usage");
}
argc--;

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@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
if(argc){
Usage:
fprint(2, "Usage: %s [-rx]\n", argv0);
fprint(2, "usage: %s [-rx]\n", argv0);
exits("usage");
}

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@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ code_int getcode();
Usage()
{
#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"Usage: compress [-cdfDV] [-b maxbits] [file ...]\n");
fprintf(stderr,"usage: compress [-cdfDV] [-b maxbits] [file ...]\n");
#else
fprintf(stderr,"Usage: compress [-cdfvV] [-b maxbits] [file ...]\n");
fprintf(stderr,"usage: compress [-cdfvV] [-b maxbits] [file ...]\n");
#endif /* DEBUG */
}

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@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
sprint(b2, "/proc/%s/mem", argv[0]);
corfil = b2;
} else if (argc > 0) {
fprint(2, "Usage: db [-kw] [-m machine] [-I dir] [symfile] [pid]\n");
fprint(2, "usage: db [-kw] [-m machine] [-I dir] [symfile] [pid]\n");
exits("usage");
}
if (!symfil)

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@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
# turn output of mkindex into form needed by dict
BEGIN {
if(ARGC != 2) {
print "Usage: awk -F' ' -f canonind.awk rawindex > index"
exit 1
print "usage: awk -F' ' -f canonind.awk rawindex > index"
exit usage
}
file = ARGV[1]
ARGV[1] = ""

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@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ usage(void)
int i;
char *a, *b;
Bprint(bout, "Usage: %s [-d dict] [-k] [-c cmd] [word]\n", argv0);
Bprint(bout, "usage: %s [-k] [-d dict] [-c cmd] [pattern]\n", argv0);
Bprint(bout, "dictionaries (brackets mark dictionaries not present on this system):\n");
for(i = 0; dicts[i].name; i++){
a = b = "";

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@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
int fd, id;
if(argc>2){
fprint(2, "Usage: %s colormap\n", argv[0]);
fprint(2, "usage: %s colormap\n", argv[0]);
exits("usage");
}
map = "rgbv";

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@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ void
badusage(void)
{
fprint(2, "Usage: mk [-f file] [-n] [-a] [-e] [-t] [-k] [-i] [-d[egp]] [targets ...]\n");
fprint(2, "usage: mk [-f file] [-n] [-a] [-e] [-t] [-k] [-i] [-d[egp]] [targets ...]\n");
Exit();
}

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@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ void main(int argc, char *argv[]){
switch(argc){
default:
Usage:
fprint(2, "Usage: %s [-dvak] [-m mtpt] [url]\n", argv0);
fprint(2, "usage: %s [-dvak] [-m mtpt] [url]\n", argv0);
exits("usage");
case 0:
url=getenv("url");

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@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ writer(int lastpid)
void
usage(void)
{
fprint(2, "Usage: ratrace [-c cmd [arg...]] | [pid]\n");
fprint(2, "usage: ratrace [-c cmd [arg...]] | [pid]\n");
threadexits("usage");
}

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@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ static char exitstr[ERRMAX];
void
usage(void)
{
fprint(2, "Usage: %s [-r5] [files]\n", argv0);
fprint(2, "usage: %s [-5r] [file ...]\n", argv0);
exits("usage");
}

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@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
} ARGEND;
if(argc != 1){
fprint(2, "Usage: swap file\n");
fprint(2, "usage: swap file\n");
exits("usage");
}

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@ -82,6 +82,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
static void
usage(void)
{
fprint(2, "Usage: %s [-s] from to\n", argv0);
fprint(2, "usage: %s [-s] from to\n", argv0);
exits("usage");
}

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@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ bitblt(&screen, screen.r.min, b, b->r, S); bflush();sleep(5000);
static void
usage(void)
{
fprint(2, "Usage: %s file ...\n", argv0);
fprint(2, "usage: %s file ...\n", argv0);
exits("usage");
}

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@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
void
usage(void)
{
fprint(2, "Usage: %s [-slv] [-f cs] [-t cs] [file ...]\n", argv0);
fprint(2, "usage: %s [-slcv] [-f ics] [-t ocs] [file ...]\n", argv0);
verbose = 1;
list();
exits("usage");

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@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ char*profdev = "/proc/trace";
static void
usage(void)
{
fprint(2, "Usage: %s [-d profdev] [-w] [-v] [-t triggerproc] [processes]\n", argv0);
fprint(2, "usage: %s [-d profdev] [-w] [-v] [-t triggerproc] [pid ...]\n", argv0);
exits(nil);
}

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@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ hexdigit(int c)
void
usage(void)
{
fprint(2, "Usage: %s [ -d ] [ file ]\n", argv0);
fprint(2, "usage: %s [ -d ] [ file ]\n", argv0);
exits("usage");
}

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@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
case 'b': pbadr++; break;
case 'c': pchar++; break;
default:
fprint(2, "Usage: %s [-lwrbc] [file ...]\n", argv0);
fprint(2, "usage: %s [-lwrbc] [file ...]\n", argv0);
exits("usage");
} ARGEND
if(pline+pword+prune+pbadr+pchar == 0) {