Re: touch man jumbled on first look

[Jim Meyering]

Dan Jacobson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Gentlemen, this is jumbled to the average English reader:
> $ touch --help
>   --time=WORD            set time given by WORD: access atime use (same as -a)
>                            modify mtime (same as -m)
> He would think:
>    Use? Access atime "use"? Does he mean for access time,
>    use 'atime'?
> or something, so please reword it.

Thanks for the report.
Here's a proposed change:

  $ ./touch --h
  ...
    --time=WORD            change the specified time:
                             WORD is access, atime, or use: equivalent to -a
                             WORD is modify or mtime: equivalent to -m

Suggestions for improvement are welcome.