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[binutils-gdb] Add usage to printf command
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org>
- To: gdb-cvs at sourceware dot org
- Date: 14 Mar 2018 15:50:30 -0000
- Subject: [binutils-gdb] Add usage to printf command
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=80ae639d3cc4f1e83f1ad48686f87417c06ca6dc
commit 80ae639d3cc4f1e83f1ad48686f87417c06ca6dc
Author: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
Date: Wed Feb 14 10:18:25 2018 -0700
Add usage to printf command
This patch adds the "Usage:" text to the printf command's help text,
and tries to improve the text a tiny bit.
gdb/ChangeLog
2018-03-14 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* printcmd.c (_initialize_printcmd): Add usage to printf.
Diff:
---
gdb/ChangeLog | 4 ++++
gdb/printcmd.c | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index f1b3b31..ba227ab 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2018-03-14 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
+
+ * printcmd.c (_initialize_printcmd): Add usage to printf.
+
2018-03-14 Yao Qi <qiyao@sourceware.org>
* MAINTAINERS: Update my email address.
diff --git a/gdb/printcmd.c b/gdb/printcmd.c
index fc9d7e4..13b967f 100644
--- a/gdb/printcmd.c
+++ b/gdb/printcmd.c
@@ -2680,8 +2680,9 @@ No argument means cancel all automatic-display expressions.\n\
Do \"info display\" to see current list of code numbers."), &deletelist);
add_com ("printf", class_vars, printf_command, _("\
-printf \"printf format string\", arg1, arg2, arg3, ..., argn\n\
-This is useful for formatted output in user-defined commands."));
+Formatted printing, like the C \"printf\" function.\n\
+Usage: printf \"format string\", arg1, arg2, arg3, ..., argn\n\
+This supports most C printf format specifications, like %s, %d, etc."));
add_com ("output", class_vars, output_command, _("\
Like \"print\" but don't put in value history and don't print newline.\n\