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Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>

archival/unzip.c

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 //usage:     "\n	-n	Never overwrite files (default: ask)"
 //usage:     "\n	-o	Overwrite"
 //usage:     "\n	-j	Do not restore paths"
-//usage:     "\n	-p	Print to stdout"
+//usage:     "\n	-p	Write to stdout"
 //usage:     "\n	-t	Test"
 //usage:     "\n	-q	Quiet"
 //usage:     "\n	-x FILE	Exclude FILEs"

coreutils/env.c

@@ -39,12 +39,14 @@
 /* http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/utilities/env.html */
 
 //usage:#define env_trivial_usage
-//usage:       "[-iu] [-] [name=value]... [PROG ARGS]"
+//usage:       "[-i] [-u NAME]... [-] [NAME=VALUE]... [PROG ARGS]"
+// The "-" can occur only once (unlike, say, -i): it terminates option processing,
+// so if it is followed by another "-" arg (or any option-looking arg),
+// that arg will be taken as PROG (or even as NAME=VALUE, example: "-z=QWE").
 //usage:#define env_full_usage "\n\n"
-//usage:       "Print the current environment or run PROG after setting up\n"
+//usage:       "Print current environment or run PROG after setting up environment\n"
-//usage:       "the specified environment\n"
+//usage:     "\n	-, -i	Start with empty environment"
-//usage:     "\n	-, -i	Start with an empty environment"
+//usage:     "\n	-u NAME	Remove variable from environment"
-//usage:     "\n	-u	Remove variable from the environment"
 
 #include "libbb.h"
 

coreutils/expr.c

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 //usage:#define expr_trivial_usage
 //usage:       "EXPRESSION"
 //usage:#define expr_full_usage "\n\n"
-//usage:       "Print the value of EXPRESSION to stdout\n"
+//usage:       "Print the value of EXPRESSION\n"
 //usage:    "\n"
 //usage:       "EXPRESSION may be:\n"
 //usage:       "	ARG1 | ARG2	ARG1 if it is neither null nor 0, otherwise ARG2\n"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 //usage:       "	ARG1 % ARG2\n"
 //usage:       "	STRING : REGEXP		Anchored pattern match of REGEXP in STRING\n"
 //usage:       "	match STRING REGEXP	Same as STRING : REGEXP\n"
-//usage:       "	substr STRING POS LENGTH Substring of STRING, POS counted from 1\n"
+//usage:       "	substr STRING POS LEN	Substring of STRING, POS counts from 1\n"
 //usage:       "	index STRING CHARS	Index in STRING where any CHARS is found, or 0\n"
 //usage:       "	length STRING		Length of STRING\n"
 //usage:       "	quote TOKEN		Interpret TOKEN as a string, even if\n"

coreutils/uudecode.c

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ int uudecode_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 //usage:#define base32_trivial_usage
 //usage:	"[-d] [-w COL] [FILE]"
 //usage:#define base32_full_usage "\n\n"
-//usage:       "Base32 encode or decode FILE to standard output"
+//usage:       "Base32 encode or decode FILE to standard output\n"
 //usage:     "\n	-d	Decode data"
 //usage:     "\n	-w COL	Wrap lines at COL (default 76, 0 disables)"
 ////usage:     "\n	-i	When decoding, ignore non-alphabet characters"
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ int uudecode_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 //usage:#define base64_trivial_usage
 //usage:	"[-d] [-w COL] [FILE]"
 //usage:#define base64_full_usage "\n\n"
-//usage:       "Base64 encode or decode FILE to standard output"
+//usage:       "Base64 encode or decode FILE to standard output\n"
 //usage:     "\n	-d	Decode data"
 //usage:     "\n	-w COL	Wrap lines at COL (default 76, 0 disables)"
 ////usage:     "\n	-i	When decoding, ignore non-alphabet characters"

docs/busybox_footer.pod

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ incorrect, please send in an update.
 =for html <br>
 
 Emanuele Aina <emanuele.aina@tiscali.it>
+
     run-parts
 
 =for html <br>

editors/sed.c

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 //usage:#define sed_full_usage "\n\n"
 //usage:       "	-e CMD	Add CMD to sed commands to be executed"
 //usage:     "\n	-f FILE	Add FILE contents to sed commands to be executed"
-//usage:     "\n	-i[SFX]	Edit files in-place (otherwise sends to stdout)"
+//usage:     "\n	-i[SFX]	Edit files in-place (otherwise write to stdout)"
 //usage:     "\n		Optionally back files up, appending SFX"
 //usage:     "\n	-n	Suppress automatic printing of pattern space"
 //usage:     "\n	-r,-E	Use extended regex syntax"

editors/vi.c

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 //kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_VI) += vi.o
 
 //usage:#define vi_trivial_usage
-//usage:       IF_FEATURE_VI_COLON("[-c CMD] ")IF_FEATURE_VI_READONLY("[-R] ")"[FILE]..."
+//usage:       IF_FEATURE_VI_COLON("[-c CMD] ")IF_FEATURE_VI_READONLY("[-R] ")"[-H] [FILE]..."
 //usage:#define vi_full_usage "\n\n"
 //usage:       "Edit FILE\n"
 //usage:	IF_FEATURE_VI_COLON(
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@
 //usage:     "\n	-R	Read-only"
 //usage:	)
 //usage:     "\n	-H	List available features"
+// note: non-standard, "vim -H" is Hebrew mode (bidi support)
 
 #include "libbb.h"
 // Should be after libbb.h: on some systems regex.h needs sys/types.h:
@@ -4748,7 +4749,11 @@ int vi_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			initial_cmds[0] = xstrndup(p, MAX_INPUT_LEN);
 	}
 #endif
-	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "hCRH" IF_FEATURE_VI_COLON("c:"))) != -1) {
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv,
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_VI_CRASHME
+			"C"
+#endif
+			"RHh" IF_FEATURE_VI_COLON("c:"))) != -1) {
 		switch (c) {
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_VI_CRASHME
 		case 'C':

miscutils/microcom.c

@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
 //kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_MICROCOM) += microcom.o
 
 //usage:#define microcom_trivial_usage
-//usage:       "[-d DELAY] [-t TIMEOUT] [-s SPEED] [-X] TTY"
+//usage:       "[-d DELAY_MS] [-t TIMEOUT_MS ] [-s SPEED] [-X] TTY"
 //usage:#define microcom_full_usage "\n\n"
-//usage:       "Copy bytes for stdin to TTY and from TTY to stdout\n"
+//usage:       "Copy bytes from stdin to TTY and from TTY to stdout\n"
-//usage:     "\n	-d	Wait up to DELAY ms for TTY output before sending every"
+//usage:     "\n	-d DELAY	Wait up to DELAY ms for TTY output before sending"
-//usage:     "\n		next byte to it"
+//usage:     "\n			every next byte to it"
-//usage:     "\n	-t	Exit if both stdin and TTY are silent for TIMEOUT ms"
+//usage:     "\n	-t TIMEOUT	Exit if both stdin and TTY are silent for TIMEOUT ms"
-//usage:     "\n	-s	Set serial line to SPEED"
+//usage:     "\n	-s SPEED	Set serial line to SPEED"
-//usage:     "\n	-X	Disable special meaning of NUL and Ctrl-X from stdin"
+//usage:     "\n	-X		Disable special meaning of NUL and Ctrl-X from stdin"
 
 #include "libbb.h"
 #include "common_bufsiz.h"

networking/vconfig.c

@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 //usage:       "COMMAND [OPTIONS]"
 //usage:#define vconfig_full_usage "\n\n"
 //usage:       "Create and remove virtual ethernet devices\n"
-//usage:     "\n	add		IFACE VLAN_ID"
+//usage:     "\n	add IFACE VLAN_ID"
-//usage:     "\n	rem		VLAN_NAME"
+//usage:     "\n	rem VLAN_NAME"
-//usage:     "\n	set_flag	IFACE 0|1 VLAN_QOS"
+//usage:     "\n	set_flag IFACE 0|1 VLAN_QOS"
-//usage:     "\n	set_egress_map	VLAN_NAME SKB_PRIO VLAN_QOS"
+//usage:     "\n	set_egress_map VLAN_NAME SKB_PRIO VLAN_QOS"
-//usage:     "\n	set_ingress_map	VLAN_NAME SKB_PRIO VLAN_QOS"
+//usage:     "\n	set_ingress_map VLAN_NAME SKB_PRIO VLAN_QOS"
-//usage:     "\n	set_name_type	NAME_TYPE"
+//usage:     "\n	set_name_type NAME_TYPE"
 
 #include "libbb.h"
 #include <net/if.h>

procps/watch.c

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 //usage:       "[-n SEC] [-t] PROG ARGS"
 //usage:#define watch_full_usage "\n\n"
 //usage:       "Run PROG periodically\n"
-//usage:     "\n	-n SEC	Loop period (default 2)"
+//usage:     "\n	-n SEC	Period (default 2)"
 //usage:     "\n	-t	Don't print header"
 //usage:
 //usage:#define watch_example_usage