Your message dated Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:32:10 +1000
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has caused the Debian Bug report #865683,
regarding [top] have Usage explain options
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Package: procps
Version: 2:3.3.12-3
Severity: wishlist
$ ls --help shows what each letter means, as does $ cat --help.
$ top --help (-h) doesn't. It shows the letters, but does not explain them.
The user must ponder the unfathomable man page.
Instead of the standard Unix DESCRIPTION section at the beginning, the
options are further down, in a "1. COMMAND-LINE Options" section.
Alas the user, in a hurry, has long before given up. But that all is beside the
point.
Can you please have -h just print the contents of that "1. COMMAND-LINE
Options" section? That would solve the problem. At the bottom you could
add "For more information, see man top."
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top has some help with the -h option
It doesn't go into extensive detail, that's what the man page is for.
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