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-rwxr-xr-xdocs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl b/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl
index 91e893f3e..73ea6d47b 100755
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl
@@ -307,10 +307,12 @@ sub listhelp {
if($arg) {
$opt .= " $arg";
}
+ my $desc = $helplong{$f};
+ $desc =~ s/\"/\\\"/g; # escape double quotes
- my $line = sprintf " %-19s %s\n", $opt, $helplong{$f};
+ my $line = sprintf " {\"%s\",\n \"%s\"},\n", $opt, $desc;
- if(length($line) > 79) {
+ if(length($opt) + length($desc) > 78) {
print STDERR "WARN: the --$long line is too long\n";
}
print $line;