Package: dpkg-awk
Version: 1.0.1.0.0.1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Found some typos in '/usr/share/man/man1/dpkg-awk.1.gz', see attached '.diff'.
Note, this patch also fixes:
#104331 Spelling error in manpage
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=104331
...along with a few grammar typos.
Hope this helps...
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Versions of packages dpkg-awk depends on:
ii gawk 1:3.1.5-3 GNU awk, a pattern scanning and pr
dpkg-awk recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- dpkg-awk.1 2006-01-10 00:04:38.000000000 -0500
+++ /tmp/dpkg-awk.1 2006-04-11 18:45:18.000000000 -0400
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I dpkg-awk
-Parses a dpkg status file(or other simularly formated file) and
+Parses a dpkg status file (or other similarly formatted file) and
outputs the resulting records. It can use regex on the field
-values to limit the returned records, and it can also be told
-which fields to output. As another option, it can sort the
+values to limit the returned records, it can also be told
+which fields to output, and it can sort the
matched fields.
.SH OPTIONS
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
.I --numeric field(s)
.PD
A space or comma separated list of fields that should be
-interpetted as numeric in value.
+interpreted as numeric in value.
.TP
.PD 0
.I -rs ??
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@
The fieldnames are case insensitive.
.TP
.I out_fieldname
-The fields from the file, that are outputted for each record.
-If the first field listed is begins with
+The fields from the file, that are output for each record.
+If the first field listed begins with
.IR ^ ,
-then the list that follows are fields
+then the list of fields that follows will
.I NOT
-to be outputted.
+be output.
.SH BUGS
Be warned that the author has only a shallow understanding of the
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
This program comes with no warranties. If running this program
causes fire and brimstone to rain down upon the earth, you will be
-on our own.
+on your own.
This program accesses the dpkg database directly in places, querying
for data that cannot be gotten via dpkg.
