@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ directory passed or current directory if no directory is given in table format.
2727""" )
2828
2929parser .add_argument ('-x' ,'--xargs' , action = "store_true" ,
30- help = "output will be string of null terminated file names. \
31- Can be used as input to other commands like xargs. \
32- Absense of this option makes output to be a table, which is default" )
30+ help = """ output will be string of null terminated file names;
31+ can be used as input to other commands like xargs;
32+ absense of this option makes output to be a table, which is default"" " )
3333
3434group1 = parser .add_mutually_exclusive_group ()
3535group1 .add_argument ("-n" , "--non-hidden" , action = 'store_true' , dest = "non_hidden" ,
36- help = "show files (and directories with -w) with names that does \
37- not start with a dot. This is default" )
36+ help = """ show files (and directories with -w) with names that does
37+ not start with a dot; this is default"" " )
3838group1 .add_argument ("-i" , "--hidden" , action = 'store_true' ,
3939help = "show files (and directories with -w) with names starting with a dot" )
4040group1 .add_argument ("-a" , "--include-hidden" , action = 'store_true' , dest = "include_hidden" ,
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ group2 = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
4444group2 .add_argument ("-d" , "--only-dir" , action = "store_true" , dest = "only_dir" ,
4545help = "show directories only and not regular file" )
4646group2 .add_argument ("-w" , "--include-dir" , action = "store_true" , dest = "include_dir" ,
47- help = "show directories along with files. Can be used with option -n, -i or -a" )
47+ help = "show directories along with files; can be used with option -n, -i or -a" )
4848
4949parser .add_argument ("files" , metavar = "FILE" , nargs = '*' ,
50- help = """space separated list of any numbers of files and/or directories.
51- If not given current directory will be assumed""" )
50+ help = """space separated list of any numbers of files and/or directories;
51+ if not given, current directory will be assumed""" )
5252
5353parser .add_argument ("-v" , "--version" ,
5454help = "output version information and exit" , action = "store_true" )
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