See commit: https://github.com/stevenhoneyman/util-linux/commit/d5b828e418102b354025bbf7f91b2dcdfc1f4e66 the idea is to add one-line descriptions to each program usage(). Comments? IMHO it's not so bad idea, the description will be translated, and --help output more informative. Note that for example coreutils use it too. Anyway, the patch is not ready. I don't like the command name in the description -- it's redundant. Maybe it would be better to move the description above Options section. Something like --- Usage: fdisk [options] <disk> change partition table fdisk [options] -l [<disk>] list partition table(s) Manipulate and list disk partition table. <---! Options: -b, --sector-size <size> physical and logical sector size ... --- Karel -- Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> http://karelzak.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html