man page: improve wording - json2tsv - JSON to TSV converter
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(HTM) Author: Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo@codemadness.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 22:21:30 +0200
man page: improve wording
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1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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(DIR) diff --git a/json2tsv.1 b/json2tsv.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd October 13, 2019
+.Dd October 15, 2019
.Dt JSON2TSV 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ The output format per line is:
nodename<TAB>type<TAB>value<LF>
.Ed
.Pp
-The nodename and value are escaped (\\n, \\t and \\\\).
-Control-characters are removed.
+Control-characters such as a newline, TAB and backslash (\\n, \\t and \\\\) are
+escaped in the nodename and value fields.
+Other control-characters are removed.
.Pp
-The type can be: o (for object), a (for array), p (for primitive such as
-true, false, null, a number) or s (for string).
+The type field is a single byte and can be: a (for array), o (for object), p
+(for primitive such as true, false, null, a number) or s (for string).
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr awk 1 ,
.Xr grep 1