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diff --git a/man/stdbuf.1 b/man/stdbuf.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8f39212 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/stdbuf.1 @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.48.5. +.TH STDBUF "1" "April 2022" "GNU coreutils 9.1" "User Commands" +.SH NAME +stdbuf \- +Run COMMAND, with modified buffering operations for its standard streams. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B stdbuf +\fI\,OPTION\/\fR... \fI\,COMMAND\/\fR +.SH DESCRIPTION +.\" Add any additional description here +.PP +Run COMMAND, with modified buffering operations for its standard streams. +.PP +Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. +.TP +\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-input\fR=\fI\,MODE\/\fR +adjust standard input stream buffering +.TP +\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fI\,MODE\/\fR +adjust standard output stream buffering +.TP +\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-error\fR=\fI\,MODE\/\fR +adjust standard error stream buffering +.TP +\fB\-\-help\fR +display this help and exit +.TP +\fB\-\-version\fR +output version information and exit +.PP +If MODE is 'L' the corresponding stream will be line buffered. +This option is invalid with standard input. +.PP +If MODE is '0' the corresponding stream will be unbuffered. +.PP +Otherwise MODE is a number which may be followed by one of the following: +KB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, and so on for G, T, P, E, Z, Y. +Binary prefixes can be used, too: KiB=K, MiB=M, and so on. +In this case the corresponding stream will be fully buffered with the buffer +size set to MODE bytes. +.PP +NOTE: If COMMAND adjusts the buffering of its standard streams ('tee' does +for example) then that will override corresponding changes by 'stdbuf'. +Also some filters (like 'dd' and 'cat' etc.) don't use streams for I/O, +and are thus unaffected by 'stdbuf' settings. +.SH EXAMPLES +.B tail -f access.log | stdbuf -oL cut -d \(aq \(aq -f1 | uniq +.br +This will immediately display unique entries from access.log +.SH BUGS +On GLIBC platforms, specifying a buffer size, i.e., using fully buffered mode +will result in undefined operation. +.SH AUTHOR +Written by Padraig Brady. +.SH "REPORTING BUGS" +GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> +.br +Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/> +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright \(co 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. +.br +This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. +There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/stdbuf> +.br +or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) stdbuf invocation\(aq |