From unknown Mon Jun 23 18:32:07 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#20035: GNU coreutils 8.4 October 2014 TR(1) Resent-From: James Geller Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 07:52:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 20035 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 20035@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.142580110332331 (code B ref -1); Sun, 08 Mar 2015 07:52:01 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Mar 2015 07:51:43 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39099 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YUVzy-0008PO-J9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2015 03:51:43 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38618) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YURdA-0001J8-21 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 22:11:52 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YURd3-00031I-Nw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 22:11:46 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:33470) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YURd3-00031D-K7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 22:11:45 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40339) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YURd2-0002Ld-NF for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 22:11:45 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YURd1-000311-Jh for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 22:11:44 -0500 Received: from mail-ob0-x22e.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22e]:38245) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YURd1-0002zx-E8 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 22:11:43 -0500 Received: by obcuz6 with SMTP id uz6so1284466obc.5 for ; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 19:11:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=J1Jaz/poA0pkKrm1bRuC2YNTY0GGv6CMiC4H3lFQc5w=; b=0jttvBmmlFF8AvosBysNCEWymSaqlPrE5aDkHdSFU20jEkg9J5q/v4/SjftaKvD4AY 1uhpUlEqe0P7dWDbVFZKw9nchHRVeqi/WlSUsX/Q9J9zFQrTN0Zw1igk8uxfkWv8RpAb 0YhQylsoevMRIVNclbZBvF4oepWeYJCbeQuYGygPOW5jcRn8KX2kWQXwqyPxGHf81jDi 2IHWmqrvfUUgrY9j6ZuydhsYM4gWJen4vX+CNS2qDygwjNWQ1ZuszNxtLYGOEPiYjua6 6YhkmQT31tnXzPsdS3F+V0kSwEc6Rb0qIAv4U0og8RpfD9jcODu3jjDKyv3f5LZa38T4 uy3g== X-Received: by 10.182.210.197 with SMTP id mw5mr16912754obc.26.1425784301883; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 19:11:41 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.76.41.228 with HTTP; Sat, 7 Mar 2015 19:11:21 -0800 (PST) From: James Geller Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 22:11:21 -0500 Message-ID: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c29be8d715aa0510be4644 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 03:51:40 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) --001a11c29be8d715aa0510be4644 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi, This is not a bug report. I just wanted to say, it would be SO nice if you could include 3 or 45 examples in the man pages. It would have made my life easier. It took me a while and a Google search to get it to work. Please write documentation for people who need documentation. Don't write documentation for people who don't need documentation. Thanks Jim -- James Geller Department of Computer Science, NJIT Phone Number: Please see on my home page: http://web.njit.edu/~geller Email contact is greatly preferred: james.geller@gmail.com --001a11c29be8d715aa0510be4644 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi,

This is not a bug report.

I just wanted to say, it would be SO nice if you could incl= ude 3 or 45 examples in the man pages.

It would ha= ve made my life easier.
It took me a while and a Google search to= get it to work.

Please write documentation for pe= ople who need documentation.
Don't write documentation for pe= ople who don't need documentation.

Thanks

Jim


--
=
James Geller
Department of Computer Scien= ce, NJIT
Phone Number: Please see on my home page: http://web.njit.edu/~geller
Ema= il contact is greatly preferred: james.geller@gmail.com
--001a11c29be8d715aa0510be4644-- From unknown Mon Jun 23 18:32:07 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.503 (Entity 5.503) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: James Geller Subject: bug#20035: closed (Re: bug#20035: GNU coreutils 8.4 October 2014 TR(1)) Message-ID: References: <54FC351C.40700@draigBrady.com> X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 20035 X-Gnu-PR-Package: coreutils Reply-To: 20035@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 11:41:03 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1425814863-27814-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1425814863-27814-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #20035: GNU coreutils 8.4 October 2014 TR(1) which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 20035@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 20035: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D20035 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1425814863-27814-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 20035-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Mar 2015 11:40:24 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39188 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YUZZH-0007DU-4g for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2015 07:40:23 -0400 Received: from mail3.vodafone.ie ([213.233.128.45]:36576) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YUZZE-0007DD-9u for 20035-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2015 07:40:21 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ag0FAHk0/FRtTMDY/2dsb2JhbABcgwZSggOBYb8WhXQCgRpNAQEBAQEBfIQQAQUjDwFWCw0LAgIFIQICDwJGBgEMCAEBBRCIGgEIrQyFaZU4DCCBIYl2gT15gj+CaIFFBZp8gyiCSYQAiGkjgg+BXz6CdAEBAQ Received: from unknown (HELO localhost.localdomain) ([109.76.192.216]) by mail3.vodafone.ie with ESMTP; 08 Mar 2015 11:40:12 +0000 Message-ID: <54FC351C.40700@draigBrady.com> Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 11:40:12 +0000 From: =?UTF-8?B?UMOhZHJhaWcgQnJhZHk=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Geller , 20035-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#20035: GNU coreutils 8.4 October 2014 TR(1) References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 20035-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) On 08/03/15 03:11, James Geller wrote: > Hi, > > This is not a bug report. > > I just wanted to say, it would be SO nice if you could include 3 or 45 examples in the man pages. > > It would have made my life easier. > It took me a while and a Google search to get it to work. > > Please write documentation for people who need documentation. > Don't write documentation for people who don't need documentation. The man pages are a trade-off between brevity and completeness. The full docs have examples: http://www.gnu.org/s/coreutils/tr The next version of the man pages will link directly to the above. Hence I'm closing this. thanks, Pádraig. ------------=_1425814863-27814-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Mar 2015 07:51:43 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39099 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YUVzy-0008PO-J9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2015 03:51:43 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38618) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YURdA-0001J8-21 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 22:11:52 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YURd3-00031I-Nw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 22:11:46 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:33470) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YURd3-00031D-K7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 22:11:45 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40339) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YURd2-0002Ld-NF for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 22:11:45 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YURd1-000311-Jh for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 22:11:44 -0500 Received: from mail-ob0-x22e.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22e]:38245) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YURd1-0002zx-E8 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 22:11:43 -0500 Received: by obcuz6 with SMTP id uz6so1284466obc.5 for ; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 19:11:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=J1Jaz/poA0pkKrm1bRuC2YNTY0GGv6CMiC4H3lFQc5w=; b=0jttvBmmlFF8AvosBysNCEWymSaqlPrE5aDkHdSFU20jEkg9J5q/v4/SjftaKvD4AY 1uhpUlEqe0P7dWDbVFZKw9nchHRVeqi/WlSUsX/Q9J9zFQrTN0Zw1igk8uxfkWv8RpAb 0YhQylsoevMRIVNclbZBvF4oepWeYJCbeQuYGygPOW5jcRn8KX2kWQXwqyPxGHf81jDi 2IHWmqrvfUUgrY9j6ZuydhsYM4gWJen4vX+CNS2qDygwjNWQ1ZuszNxtLYGOEPiYjua6 6YhkmQT31tnXzPsdS3F+V0kSwEc6Rb0qIAv4U0og8RpfD9jcODu3jjDKyv3f5LZa38T4 uy3g== X-Received: by 10.182.210.197 with SMTP id mw5mr16912754obc.26.1425784301883; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 19:11:41 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.76.41.228 with HTTP; Sat, 7 Mar 2015 19:11:21 -0800 (PST) From: James Geller Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 22:11:21 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: GNU coreutils 8.4 October 2014 TR(1) To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c29be8d715aa0510be4644 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 03:51:40 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) --001a11c29be8d715aa0510be4644 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi, This is not a bug report. I just wanted to say, it would be SO nice if you could include 3 or 45 examples in the man pages. It would have made my life easier. It took me a while and a Google search to get it to work. Please write documentation for people who need documentation. Don't write documentation for people who don't need documentation. Thanks Jim -- James Geller Department of Computer Science, NJIT Phone Number: Please see on my home page: http://web.njit.edu/~geller Email contact is greatly preferred: james.geller@gmail.com --001a11c29be8d715aa0510be4644 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi,

This is not a bug report.

I just wanted to say, it would be SO nice if you could incl= ude 3 or 45 examples in the man pages.

It would ha= ve made my life easier.
It took me a while and a Google search to= get it to work.

Please write documentation for pe= ople who need documentation.
Don't write documentation for pe= ople who don't need documentation.

Thanks

Jim


--
=
James Geller
Department of Computer Scien= ce, NJIT
Phone Number: Please see on my home page: http://web.njit.edu/~geller
Ema= il contact is greatly preferred: james.geller@gmail.com
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