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diff --git a/appendixa/fileutils-desc.xml b/appendixa/fileutils-desc.xml index f25533d1a..1db269027 100644 --- a/appendixa/fileutils-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/fileutils-desc.xml @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ which can be either a group name or a numeric group ID.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>chmod</title> <para>chmod changes the permissions of each given file according to mode, which -can be either a symbolic representation of changes to make, or an octal +can be either a symbolic representation of changes to make or an octal number representing the bit pattern for the new permissions.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>chown</title> @@ -38,20 +38,20 @@ available on all currently mounted filesystems is shown.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>dir, ls and vdir</title> <para>dir and vdir are versions of ls with different default output formats. These programs list each given file or directory name. Directory contents -are sorted alphabetically. For ls, files are by default listed in columns, -sorted vertically, if the standard output is a terminal; otherwise they -are listed one per line. For dir, files are by default listed in columns, -sorted vertically. For vdir, files are by default listed in +are sorted alphabetically. For ls, files are, by default, listed in columns +sorted vertically if the standard output is a terminal; otherwise they +are listed one per line. For dir, files are, by default, listed in columns +sorted vertically. For vdir, files are, by default, listed in long format.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>dircolors</title> -<para>dircolors outputs commands to set the LS_COLOR environment variable. +<para>dircolors outputs commands to set the LS_COLOR environment variable. The LS_COLOR variable is use to change the default color scheme used by ls and related utilities.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>du</title> -<para>du displays the amount of disk space used by each argument and for each -subdirectory of directory arguments.</para></sect4> +<para>du displays the amount of disk space used by each file or directory +listed on the command-line and by each of their subdirectories.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>install</title> <para>install copies files and sets their permission modes and, if possible, |