Hi,

a...@sdf.org wrote on Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 11:44:01AM +0000:

> In du(1) it reads:
> 
> [...]
> EXAMPLES
>      Display a summary of files and folders in the current directory,
>      sorted by size:
> 
>            $ du -sh * .??* | sort -h
> [...]
> 
> This misses file names of the form .a, .1, etc. Better use something like
> 
> $ du -ahd1 . | sort -h

Committed with three tweaks:

 * The "." is redundant, it is the default for "file",
   as documented in the first paragraph.
 * POSIX recommends a space between an option and its argument,
   and we usually follow that advice in our manuals.
 * I like the word "had" better than the word "ahd".

> Where is the best place to report these trivial documentation fixes?

If you include a patch, tech@.  If you don't, misc@ is fine.

Yours,
  Ingo


CVSROOT:        /cvs
Module name:    src
Changes by:     schwa...@cvs.openbsd.org        2020/10/21 11:00:47

Modified files:
        usr.bin/du     : du.1 

Log message:
simplify and improve the example by using the -a and -d options;
suggested by <adr at sdf dot org>, tweaked by me


Index: du.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/du/du.1,v
retrieving revision 1.37
diff -u -r1.37 du.1
--- du.1        30 Jan 2020 17:54:30 -0000      1.37
+++ du.1        21 Oct 2020 16:56:47 -0000
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 Display a summary of files and folders in the current directory,
 sorted by size:
 .Pp
-.Dl $ du -sh * .??* | sort -h
+.Dl $ du -had 1 | sort -h
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr df 1 ,
 .Xr fts_open 3 ,

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