[PATCH] escape dashes in man pages

[elogind.git] / udev.8

diff --git a/udev.8 b/udev.8
index 84b08488fe48eaa62511404597c44d3fa7bec146..21ec908b8213861f7436ba68c917db7bc9b86bf1 100644 (file)
--- a/udev.8
+++ b/udev.8
@@ -182,8 +182,7 @@ all of the values being required in order to match the rule.
 .TP
 .B PROGRAM
 Call external program. This key is valid if the program returns successful.
-A few command line options may specified, but shell characters like pipe,
-diversion or similiar options are not available. The environment variables of
+The environment variables of
 .B udev
 are also available for the program.
 .br
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ fields support simple printf-like string substitution:
 .TP
 .B %n
 The "kernel number" of the device.
-for example, 'sda3' has a "kernel number" of '3'
+For example, 'sda3' has a "kernel number" of '3'.
 .TP
 .B %k
 The "kernel name" for the device.
@@ -240,7 +239,11 @@ my be selected by specifying the part number as a attribute:
 The content of a sysfs attribute.
 .TP
 .B %%
-The '%' char itself.
+The '%' character itself.
+.P
+The count of charcters to insert may be limited by specifying
+the format length value. For example, '%3s{file}' will only insert
+the first three characters of the sysfs attribute.
 .P
 .RI "A sample " udev.rules " might look like this:"
 .sp
@@ -301,8 +304,8 @@ Matches any single character, but does not match zero characters.
 .B [ ]
 Matches any single character specified within the brackets. For example, the
 pattern string "tty[SR]" would match either "ttyS" or "ttyR".  Ranges are also
-supported within this match with the '-' character.  For example, to match on
-the range of all digits, the pattern [0-9] would be used. If the first character
+supported within this match with the '\-' character.  For example, to match on
+the range of all digits, the pattern [0\-9] would be used. If the first character
 following the '[' is a '!' then any character not enclosed is matched.
 .SH "FILES"
 .nf
@@ -317,7 +320,7 @@ following the '[' is a '!' then any character not enclosed is matched.
 .BR hotplug (8)
 .PP
 The
-.I http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/
+.I http://linux\-hotplug.sourceforge.net/
 web site.
 .SH AUTHORS
 .B udev