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| author | Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi> | 2012-02-13 21:18:54 +0100 |
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| committer | Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi> | 2012-02-13 21:26:01 +0100 |
| commit | 96ba57b5687f2163674ff2da3272de1231f85662 (patch) | |
| tree | 670f5290a046baa1f4059651f73db671a8834dce /pgrep.1 | |
| parent | d9c226c6950c433973ee783004923a69bb88e816 (diff) | |
| download | procps-ng-96ba57b5687f2163674ff2da3272de1231f85662.tar.gz | |
docs: inform about pkill and --inverse option
The short option for --inverse is disabled for pkill, but long option
works just in case someone will find that piece of functionality usable.
Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=558044#67
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Diffstat (limited to 'pgrep.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | pgrep.1 | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ Only match processes whose real user ID is listed. Either the numerical or symbolical value may be used. .TP \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-inverse\fR\fR -Negates the matching. (\fBpgrep\fP only.) +Negates the matching. This option usually used in pgrep context. In +.B pkill +context the short option is disabled to avoid accidental usage of the option. .TP \fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-exact\fR\fR Only match processes whose name (or command line if \-f is specified) |