[PATCH 3/6] column: (usage) wrap two descriptions, to make them fit within 80 columns

Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]> Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:57:04 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.util-linux
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]>
---
 text-utils/column.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/text-utils/column.c b/text-utils/column.c
index 29ed25b2f..7a37cb886 100644
--- a/text-utils/column.c
+++ b/text-utils/column.c
@@ -999,7 +999,8 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(void)
 	fputs(_(" -C, --table-column <properties>  define column\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -N, --table-columns <names>      comma separated columns names\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -l, --table-columns-limit <num>  maximal number of input columns\n"), out);
-	fputs(_(" -E, --table-noextreme <columns>  don't count long text from the columns to column width\n"), out);
+	fputs(_(" -E, --table-noextreme <columns>  don't count long text in these columns\n"
+		"                                    to the column's width\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -d, --table-noheadings           don't print header\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -m, --table-maxout               fill all available space\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -e, --table-header-repeat        repeat header for each page\n"), out);
@@ -1018,7 +1019,8 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(void)
 
 	fputs(USAGE_SEPARATOR, out);
 	fputs(_(" -c, --output-width <width>       width of output in number of characters\n"), out);
-	fputs(_(" -o, --output-separator <string>  columns separator for table output (default is two spaces)\n"), out);
+	fputs(_(" -o, --output-separator <string>  columns separator for table output\n"
+		"                                    (default is two spaces)\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -s, --separator <string>         possible table delimiters\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -x, --fillrows                   fill rows before columns\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -S, --use-spaces <number>        minimal whitespaces between columns (no tabs)\n"), out);
-- 
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