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<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>
-<para>
-The Textutils package contains the cat, cksum, comm, split, cut, expand,
+<para>The Textutils package contains the cat, cksum, comm, split, cut, expand,
fmt, fold, head, join, md5sum, nl, od, paste, pr, ptx, sort, split, sum,
-tac, tail, tr, tsort, unexpand, uniq and wc programs.
-</para>
+tac, tail, tr, tsort, unexpand, uniq and wc programs.</para>
</sect2>
@@ -15,246 +13,198 @@ tac, tail, tr, tsort, unexpand, uniq and wc programs.
<sect3>
<title>cat</title>
-<para>
-cat concatenates file(s) or standard input to standard output.
-</para>
+<para>cat concatenates file(s) or standard input to standard output.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>cksum</title>
-<para>
-cksum prints CRC checksum and byte counts of each specified file.
-</para>
+<para>cksum prints CRC checksum and byte counts of each specified file.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>comm</title>
-<para>
-comm compares two sorted files line by line.
-</para>
+<para>comm compares two sorted files line by line.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>csplit</title>
-<para>
-cplit outputs pieces of a file separated by (a) pattern(s) to files
-xx01, xx02, ..., and outputs byte counts of each piece to standard output.
-</para>
+<para>cplit outputs pieces of a file separated by (a) pattern(s) to files
+xx01, xx02, ..., and outputs byte counts of each piece to standard
+output.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>cut</title>
-<para>
-cut prints selected parts of lines from specified files to standard output.
-</para>
+<para>cut prints selected parts of lines from specified files to standard
+output.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>expand</title>
-<para>
-expand converts tabs in files to spaces, writing to standard output.
-</para>
+<para>expand converts tabs in files to spaces, writing to standard
+output.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>fmt</title>
-<para>
-fmt reformats each paragraph in the specified file(s), writing to standard
-output.
-</para>
+<para>fmt reformats each paragraph in the specified file(s), writing to
+standard output.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>fold</title>
-<para>
-fold wraps input lines in each specified file (standard input by default),
-writing to standard output.
-</para>
+<para>fold wraps input lines in each specified file (standard input by default),
+writing to standard output.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>head</title>
-<para>
-Print first xx (10 by default) lines of each specified file to standard
-output.
-</para>
+<para>Print first xx (10 by default) lines of each specified file to standard
+output.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>join</title>
-<para>
-join joins lines of two files on a common field.
-</para>
+<para>join joins lines of two files on a common field.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>md5sum</title>
-<para>
-md5sum prints or checks MD5 checksums.
-</para>
+<para>md5sum prints or checks MD5 checksums.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>nl</title>
-<para>
-nl writes each specified file to standard output, with line numbers
-added.
-</para>
+<para>nl writes each specified file to standard output, with line numbers
+added.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>od</title>
-<para>
-od writes an unambiguous representation, octal bytes by default, of a
-specified file to standard output.
-</para>
+<para>od writes an unambiguous representation, octal bytes by default, of a
+specified file to standard output.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>paste</title>
-<para>
-paste writes lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding
-lines from each specified file, separated by TABs, to standard output.
-</para>
+<para>paste writes lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding
+lines from each specified file, separated by TABs, to standard output.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>pr</title>
-<para>
-pr paginates or columnates files for printing.
-</para>
+<para>pr paginates or columnates files for printing.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>ptx</title>
-<para>
-ptx produces a permuted index of file contents.
-</para>
+<para>ptx produces a permuted index of file contents.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>sort</title>
-<para>
-sort writes sorted concatenation of files to standard output.
-</para>
+<para>sort writes sorted concatenation of files to standard output.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>split</title>
-<para>
-split outputs fixed-size pieces of an input file to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...
-</para>
+<para>split outputs fixed-size pieces of an input file to
+PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>sum</title>
-<para>
-sum prints checksum and block counts for each specified file.
-</para>
+<para>sum prints checksum and block counts for each specified file.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>tac</title>
-<para>
-tac writes each specified file to standard output, last line first.
-</para>
+<para>tac writes each specified file to standard output, last line first.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>tail</title>
-<para>
-tail print the last xx (10 by default) lines of each specified file to
-standard output.
-</para>
+<para>tail print the last xx (10 by default) lines of each specified file to
+standard output.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>tr</title>
-<para>
-tr translates, squeezes, and/or deletes characters from standard
-input, writing to standard output.
-</para>
+<para>tr translates, squeezes, and/or deletes characters from standard
+input, writing to standard output.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>tsort</title>
-<para>
-tsort writes totally ordered lists consistent with the partial ordering
-in specified files.
-</para>
+<para>tsort writes totally ordered lists consistent with the partial ordering
+in specified files.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>unexpand</title>
-<para>
-unexpand converts spaces in each file to tabs, writing to standard
-output.
-</para>
+<para>unexpand converts spaces in each file to tabs, writing to standard
+output.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>uniq</title>
-<para>
-Uniq removes duplicate lines from a sorted file.
-</para>
+<para>Uniq removes duplicate lines from a sorted file.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>wc</title>
-<para>
-wc prints line, word, and byte counts for each specified file, and a
-total line if more than one file is specified.
-</para>
+<para>wc prints line, word, and byte counts for each specified file, and a
+total line if more than one file is specified.</para>
</sect3>