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docs: mention long options in man sysctl.8

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The commit includes few generic manual clean ups as well.

Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
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.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
.\" GNU General Public License for more details."
.TH SYSCTL 8 "21 Sep 1999" "" ""
.TH SYSCTL "8" "June 2011" "procps-ng" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
sysctl \- configure kernel parameters at runtime
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sysctl
.RB [ \-n ]
.RB [ \-e ]
.I variable
\&...
.br
.B sysctl
.RB [ \-n ]
.RB [ \-e ]
.RB [ \-q ]
.B \-w
.IR variable = value
\&...
.br
.B sysctl
.RB [ \-n ]
.RB [ \-e ]
.RB [ \-q ]
.B \-p
.RI [ filename ]
.br
.B sysctl
.RB [ \-n ]
.RB [ \-e ]
.B \-a
.br
.B sysctl
.RB [ \-n ]
.RB [ \-e ]
.B \-A
[\fIoptions\fR] [\fIvariable\fR[\fI=value\fR]] [...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B sysctl
is used to modify kernel parameters at runtime. The parameters available
@ -67,31 +39,55 @@ quotes. This requires the
.B \-w
parameter to use.
.TP
.B \-n
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-values\fR
Use this option to disable printing of the key name when printing values.
.TP
.B \-e
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\fR
Use this option to ignore errors about unknown keys.
.TP
.B \-N
Use this option to only print the names. It may be useful with shells that
\fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-names\fR
Use this option to only print the names. It may be useful with shells that
have programmable completion.
.TP
.B \-q
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
Use this option to not display the values set to stdout.
.TP
.B \-w
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-write\fR
Use this option when you want to change a sysctl setting.
.TP
.B \-p
Load in sysctl settings from the file specified or /etc/sysctl.conf if none given.
Specifying \- as filename means reading data from standard input.
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-load\fR[=\fIFILE\fR]
Load in sysctl settings from the file specified or /etc/sysctl.conf if none
given. Specifying \- as filename means reading data from standard input.
.TP
.B \-a
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-all\fR
Display all values currently available.
.TP
.B \-A
Display all values currently available in table form.
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-binary\fR
Print value without new line.
.TP
\fB\-A\fR
Alias of \fB\-a\fR
.TP
\fB\-d\fR
Alias of \fB\-h\fR
.TP
\fB\-f\fR
Alias of \fB\-p\fR
.TP
\fB\-X\fR
Alias of \fB\-a\fR
.TP
\fB\-o\fR
Does nothing in favour of BSD compatibility.
.TP
\fB\-x\fR
Does nothing in favour of BSD compatibility.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Display help text and exit.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Display version information and exit.
.SH EXAMPLES
/sbin/sysctl \-a
.br
@ -106,12 +102,11 @@ Display all values currently available in table form.
.I /etc/sysctl.conf
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR sysctl.conf (5)
.SH BUGS
The
.B \-A
parameter behaves just as
.B \-a
does.
.SH AUTHOR
George Staikos, <staikos@0wned.org>
.UR staikos\@0wned.org
George Staikos
.UE
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Please send bug reports to
.UR procps\@freelists.org
.UE