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diff --git a/man/systemd-cat.xml b/man/systemd-cat.xml
index 876ebfa3c..e5a867be2 100644
--- a/man/systemd-cat.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-cat.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
along with systemd; If not, see .
-->
-
+systemd-cat
@@ -60,18 +61,18 @@
Descriptionsystemd-cat may be used to
- connect STDOUT and STDERR of a process with the
+ connect the standard input and output of a process to the
journal, or as a filter tool in a shell pipeline to
pass the output the previous pipeline element
generates to the journal.
- If no parameter is passed
+ If no parameter is passed,
systemd-cat will write
- everything it reads from standard input (STDIN) to the journal.
+ everything it reads from standard input (stdin) to the journal.
- If parameters are passed they are executed as
- command line with standard output (STDOUT) and standard
- error output (STDERR) connected to the journal, so
+ If parameters are passed, they are executed as
+ command line with standard output (stdout) and standard
+ error output (stderr) connected to the journal, so
that all it writes is stored in the journal.
@@ -81,20 +82,8 @@
The following options are understood:
-
-
-
-
- Prints a short help
- text and exits.
-
-
-
-
-
- Prints a short version
- string and exits.
-
+
+
@@ -102,7 +91,7 @@
Specify a short string
that is used to identify the logging
- tool. If not specified no identifying
+ tool. If not specified, no identification
string is written to the journal.
@@ -125,7 +114,7 @@
to the same named levels). These
priority values are the same as
defined by
- syslog3. Defaults
+ syslog3. Defaults
to info. Note that
this simply controls the default,
individual lines may be logged with
@@ -141,7 +130,7 @@
Controls whether lines
read are parsed for syslog priority
level prefixes. If enabled (the
- default) a line prefixed with a
+ default), a line prefixed with a
priority prefix such as
<5> is logged
at priority 5
@@ -158,7 +147,7 @@
Exit status
- On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+ On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
code otherwise.
@@ -169,7 +158,7 @@
Invoke a programThis calls /bin/ls
- with STDOUT/STDERR connected to the
+ with standard output and error connected to the
journal:# systemd-cat ls
@@ -188,8 +177,8 @@
Even though the two examples have very similar
effects the first is preferable since only one process
- is running at a time, and both STDOUT and STDERR are
- captured while in the second example only STDOUT is
+ is running at a time, and both stdout and stderr are
+ captured while in the second example, only stdout is
captured.