GNU bug report logs - #74205
man: dots and closing bracket in wrong order

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Martin Schulte <gnu <at> schrader-schulte.de>

Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 20:29:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Martin Schulte <gnu <at> schrader-schulte.de>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: man: dots and closing bracket in wrong order
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 21:28:39 +0100

Hello,

it doesn't harm but I always stumple when I read the SYNOPSIS in grep's man page where - in contrast to the usage message - the dots and the closing are in the wrong order compared to "all" other man pages:

$ man grep | head
GREP(1)                         User Commands                        GREP(1)

NAME
       grep, egrep, fgrep, rgrep - print lines that match patterns

SYNOPSIS
       grep [OPTION...] PATTERNS [FILE...]
       grep [OPTION...] -e PATTERNS ... [FILE...]
       grep [OPTION...] -f PATTERN_FILE ... [FILE...]

$ grep
Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERNS [FILE]...
Try 'grep --help' for more information.

Best regards

Martin
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