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uniq -D long option name missing from man page

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From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: uniq -D long option name missing from man page 
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 11:15:23 +0800

man uniq has all the other long option names, except for -D's

       -d, --repeated
              only print duplicate lines, one for each group

       -D     print all duplicate lines

       --all-repeated[=METHOD]
              like  -D,  but  allow  separating  groups  with  an  empty line;
              METHOD={none(default),prepend,separate}

One needs to see (info "(coreutils) uniq invocation") to find it.
Please add it to the man page.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>, 62249-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62249: uniq -D long option name missing from man page
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 11:43:16 +0000

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On 18/03/2023 03:15, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> man uniq has all the other long option names, except for -D's
> 
>         -d, --repeated
>                only print duplicate lines, one for each group
> 
>         -D     print all duplicate lines
> 
>         --all-repeated[=METHOD]
>                like  -D,  but  allow  separating  groups  with  an  empty line;
>                METHOD={none(default),prepend,separate}
> 
> One needs to see (info "(coreutils) uniq invocation") to find it.
> Please add it to the man page.

Fair point.
Fixed in the attached.

marking this as done,

thanks,
Pádraig

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Message #13 received at 62249 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: 62249 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: P <at> draigBrady.com, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#62249: uniq -D long option name missing from man page
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 15:47:40 +0100

On Mär 18 2023, Pádraig Brady wrote:

> +  -D, --all-repeated[=METHOD]  print all duplicate lines,\n\
> +                          optionally separating groups with an empty line;\n\
> +                          METHOD={none(default),prepend,separate}\n\

This is wrong.  -D does not take an argument.

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Message #16 received at 62249 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>, 62249 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#62249: uniq -D long option name missing from man page
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 15:01:42 +0000

On 18/03/2023 14:47, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> On Mär 18 2023, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> 
>> +  -D, --all-repeated[=METHOD]  print all duplicate lines,\n\
>> +                          optionally separating groups with an empty line;\n\
>> +                          METHOD={none(default),prepend,separate}\n\
> 
> This is wrong.  -D does not take an argument.

Oops. Right.

thanks,
Pádraig

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