Missing information in the man page for tr
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Description
The man page for tr has the following synopsis:
SYNOPSIS
tr [-c|--complement] [-d|--delete] [-s|--squeeze-repeats] [-t|--trun‐
cate-set1] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [sets]
The man page describes these options, but not [sets]. There is no information whatsoever on what these sets are, and no examples of how to use tr. It feels like a large portion of the man page is missing?
I first noticed this when upgrading to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS from 24.04 (and thus switching to the Rust coreutils).
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Research direction
Locate the source for the tr man page and review its synopsis and option descriptions. Document what [sets] means and add examples showing how to use tr; done when the page explains the set arguments and includes practical usage examples.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 72/100