[PATCH 2/6] column: (usage) correct the description of --wrap-separator

Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]> Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:57:03 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.util-linux
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Option --wrap-separator does not imply --table-wrap, but requires it
in order to have any effect.

Also, shorten the text a bit to fit within 80 columns.

Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]>
---
 text-utils/column.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/text-utils/column.c b/text-utils/column.c
index 656d4f14a..29ed25b2f 100644
--- a/text-utils/column.c
+++ b/text-utils/column.c
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(void)
 	fputs(_(" -R, --table-right <columns>      right align text in these columns\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -T, --table-truncate <columns>   truncate text in the columns when necessary\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -W, --table-wrap <columns>       wrap text in the columns when necessary\n"), out);
-	fputs(_("     --wrap-separator <string>    wrap text at this separator (implies --table-wrap)\n"), out);
+	fputs(_("     --wrap-separator <string>    wrap at this separator (requires --table-wrap)\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -L, --keep-empty-lines           don't ignore empty lines\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -J, --json                       use JSON output format for table\n"), out);
 
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