0001434: Moving the -p option in the pr utility synopsis

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0001434

[1003.1(2016/18)/Issue7+TC2] Shell and Utilities

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Enhancement Request

2020-12-15 01:08

2020-12-15 02:09

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andras_farkas

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normal

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Open

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New

Name

Andras Farkas

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User Reference

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3107

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103845-103847

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Summary

0001434: Moving the -p option in the pr utility synopsis

Description

In
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/pr.html [^]
-f and -p are put together as [-fp] in the synopsis. As far as I can tell, if I understand it right, this is a historical artifact from them being added to POSIX from the old SUS standard at the same time. -f is XSI while -p is normal (required, unshaded) so I feel -p can be moved into [-adFmrt] for [-adFmprt] since those are all the other regular flags that don't take arguments.

I originally noted this as a minor nit here:
https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1432 [^]

An additional thing that could be done might be to move -f too, in the sense of taking it from the very end of the synopsis, and putting it closer to the front, like so:
[-adFmprt] [-f]

Desired Action

Move -p into [-adFmrt] to make that section [-adFmprt]

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Possible rendering bug in webpage for pr utility?

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(0005171) andras_farkas (reporter) 2020-12-15 01:10	Or, even, since a single flag can be XSI shaded in a group of flags, maybe even... [-adfFmprt] or [-adFfmprt] (with XSI shading around the f)

(0005172) andras_farkas (reporter) 2020-12-15 01:10	Though if that should be a separate issue, I can make that. Or we can rename this issue to "moving multiple options in the pr synopsis" or something like that.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2020-12-15 01:08	andras_farkas	New Issue
2020-12-15 01:08	andras_farkas	Name	=> Andras Farkas
2020-12-15 01:08	andras_farkas	Section	=> pr
2020-12-15 01:10	andras_farkas	Note Added: 0005171
2020-12-15 01:10	andras_farkas	Note Added: 0005172
2020-12-15 02:09	Don Cragun	Page Number	=> 3107
2020-12-15 02:09	Don Cragun	Line Number	=> 103845-103847
2020-12-15 02:09	Don Cragun	Interp Status	=> ---
2020-12-16 11:53	agadmin	Relationship added	related to 0001432

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