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authorOndrej Oprala <ooprala@redhat.com>2014-04-08 09:48:44 +0200
committerKarel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>2014-04-23 11:55:09 +0200
commit80c9b74b1a32a8a92941364751106957ecb99b2c (patch)
tree2673c98d12144dc1b84a3b6a89f48863a37d016e
parent0eed819e9bb6ef5e92acc7b857cb12d10cbf0238 (diff)
downloadutil-linux-80c9b74b1a32a8a92941364751106957ecb99b2c.tar.gz
utmpdump: minor man page improvements
Signed-off-by: Ondrej Oprala <ooprala@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--login-utils/utmpdump.124
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/login-utils/utmpdump.1 b/login-utils/utmpdump.1
index 70691593f..7a7442a8e 100644
--- a/login-utils/utmpdump.1
+++ b/login-utils/utmpdump.1
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
.\" Copyright (C) 2010 Michael Krapp
.\"
.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
.\" (at your option) any later version.
.\"
.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
.\"
.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ utmpdump [\-frohV] [ filename ]
is a simple program to dump UTMP and WTMP files in raw format, so they
can be examined.
.B utmpdump
-eads from stdin unless a
+reads from stdin unless a
.I filename
is passed.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-follow\fP"
Output appended data as the file grows.
.IP "\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reverse\fP
-Undump, write back edited login information into utmp or wtmp files.
+Undump, write back edited login information into the utmp or wtmp files.
.IP "\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fP \fIfile\fR
-Write command output to file instead of standard output.
+Write command output to \fIfile\fR instead of standard output.
.IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fP"
Display help text and exit.
.IP "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fP"
@@ -42,25 +42,25 @@ Display version information and exit.
.SH NOTES
.B utmpdump
can be useful in cases of corrupted utmp or wtmp entries. It can dump
-out utmp/wtmp to an ASCII file, then that file can be edited to remove
+out utmp/wtmp to an ASCII file, whic can then be edited to remove
bogus entries and reintegrated, using
-.PP
+.PP
.RS
utmpdump -r < ascii_file > wtmp
.RE
.PP
-but be warned as
+but be warned, as
.B utmpdump
-was written for debugging purpose only.
+was written for debugging purposes only.
.SH BUGS
You may
.B not
-use the option
+use the
.B \-r
-as the format for the utmp/wtmp files strongly depends on the input
+option, as the format for the utmp/wtmp files strongly depends on the input
format. This tool was
.B not
-written for normal use but for debugging.
+written for normal use, but for debugging only.
.SH AUTHOR
Michael Krapp
.SH "SEE ALSO"