git: 6207ca7b76b0 - stable/14 - truncate.1: improve the example section
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Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 01:57:13 UTC
The branch stable/14 has been updated by maxim:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=6207ca7b76b0410ed95d82d6d85ee60fe3138998
commit 6207ca7b76b0410ed95d82d6d85ee60fe3138998
Author: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-03-07 01:45:21 +0000
Commit: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-03-14 01:55:55 +0000
truncate.1: improve the example section
Notably:
* spell "Megabytes" as "megabytes" consistently;
* remove a stray asterisk from the /boot/kernel/kernel listing
* avoid using a shell prompt in the examples consistently
* fixes the size parameter
* add an example how to increase the file size
PR: 273997
MFC after: 1 week
(cherry picked from commit 5460bdda9d4cb3ce1d7431824b6f53c545888b53)
---
usr.bin/truncate/truncate.1 | 28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/usr.bin/truncate/truncate.1 b/usr.bin/truncate/truncate.1
index 649749ddf255..f6b8b0cc37c9 100644
--- a/usr.bin/truncate/truncate.1
+++ b/usr.bin/truncate/truncate.1
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd August 19, 2021
+.Dd March 6, 2025
.Dt TRUNCATE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -188,14 +188,14 @@ and continue processing the remaining arguments.
.Sh EXAMPLES
Adjust the size of the file
.Pa test_file
-to 10 Megabytes but do not create it if it does not exist:
+to 10 megabytes but do not create it if it does not exist:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-truncate -c -s +10M test_file
+truncate -c -s 10M test_file
.Ed
.Pp
Same as above but create the file if it does not exist:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-truncate -s +10M test_file
+truncate -s 10M test_file
ls -l test_file
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10485760 Jul 22 18:48 test_file
.Ed
@@ -208,18 +208,28 @@ with the same size:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
truncate -r /boot/kernel/kernel test_file test_file2
ls -l /boot/kernel/kernel test_file*
--r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 31352552 May 15 14:18 /boot/kernel/kernel*
+-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 31352552 May 15 14:18 /boot/kernel/kernel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 31352552 Jul 22 19:15 test_file
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 31352552 Jul 22 19:15 test_file2
.Ed
.Pp
-Downsize
+Increase the size of the file
.Pa test_file
-in 5 Megabytes:
+by 5 megabytes but do not create it if it does not exist:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-# truncate -s -5M test_file
+truncate -s +5M test_file
ls -l test_file*
--rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 26109672 Jul 22 19:17 test_file
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 36595432 Sep 20 19:17 test_file
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 31352552 Sep 20 19:15 test_file2
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Reduce the size of the file
+.Pa test_file
+by 5 megabytes:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+truncate -s -5M test_file
+ls -l test_file*
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 31352552 Jul 22 19:19 test_file
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 31352552 Jul 22 19:15 test_file2
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO