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diff --git a/apply/apply.1 b/apply/apply.1
index da353b188c9d4267315a7594cc2b1c91b9d1e34f..2eb151670dc221314c960afd05178b60b7556edf 100644 (file)
--- a/apply/apply.1
+++ b/apply/apply.1
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: apply.1,v 1.7 1998/04/28 04:07:08 fair Exp $
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -32,21 +30,24 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)apply.1    8.2 (Berkeley) 4/4/94
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/apply/apply.1,v 1.14 2002/04/19 23:16:06 charnier Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd April 4, 1994
 .Dt APPLY 1
-.Os BSD 4.2
+.Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm apply
 .Nd apply a command to a set of arguments
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Op Fl a Ns Ar c
-.Op Fl Ns Ar #
+.Op Fl a Ar c
+.Op Fl d
+.Op Fl #
 .Ar command argument ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
 .Nm
-runs the named
+utility runs the named
 .Ar command
 on each
 argument
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ Character sequences of the form
 in
 .Ar command ,
 where
-.Dq Li d
+.Sq Li d
 is a digit from 1 to 9, are replaced by the
 .Li d Ns \'th
 following unused
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ each execution of
 .Ar command .
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:
-.Bl -tag -width "-ac"
-.It Fl Ns Ar #
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Fl #
 Normally arguments are taken singly; the optional number
 .Fl #
 specifies the number of arguments to be passed to
@@ -81,20 +82,24 @@ is run, without arguments, once for each
 .Pp
 If any sequences of
 .Dq Li \&%d
-occur in command, the
+occur in
+.Ar command ,
+the
 .Fl #
 option is ignored.
-.It Fl a Ns Ar c
+.It Fl a Ar c
 The use of the character
-.Dq Li %
+.Sq Li %
 as a magic character may be changed with the
 .Fl a
 option.
+.It Fl d
+Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not actually
+execute them.
 .El
-.Sh ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+.Sh ENVIRONMENT
 The following environment variable affects the execution of
-.Nm
-:
+.Nm :
 .Bl -tag -width SHELL
 .It Ev SHELL
 Pathname of shell to use.
@@ -115,13 +120,13 @@ runs
 links all files in the current directory to the directory
 .Pa /usr/joe .
 .El
-.Sh Files
+.Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /bin/sh -compact
 .It Pa /bin/sh
-Default shell
+default shell
 .El
-.Sh AUTHOR
-Rob Pike
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An Rob Pike
 .Sh BUGS
 Shell metacharacters in
 .Ar command
@@ -131,5 +136,5 @@ commands in single quotes
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm
-command appeared in 
+command appeared in
 .Bx 4.2 .