From 0ad4bfaef13a186d3c58844b12cde9440a1e8b08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Fernando=20Apestegu=C3=ADa?= Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 11:59:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] sysctl(8): clarify -n flag -n omits the name of the variable regardless of the type of information that is requested. Rephrase to clarify this point. PR: 242191 Submitted by: stilezy@gmail.com Approved by: emaste@ Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26149 --- sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 index 55209ac3339..9709a90a2fc 100644 --- a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 +++ b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" From: @(#)sysctl.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd February 8, 2019 +.Dd August 22, 2020 .Dt SYSCTL 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ use: .Pp .Dl "complete sysctl 'n/*/`sysctl -Na`/'" .It Fl n -Show only variable values, not their names. +Do not show variable names. This option is useful for setting shell variables. For instance, to save the pagesize in variable .Va psize ,