man: slightly fewer paragraphs can help readability

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Lennart Poettering 2015-04-13 15:23:37 +02:00
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<listitem><para>Set file/directory attributes. Lines of this type
accept shell-style globs in place of normal path names.</para>
<para>The format of the argument field is <varname>[+-=][aAcCdDeijsStTu]
</varname></para>
<para>The prefix <varname>+</varname> (the default one) causes the
<para>The format of the argument field is
<varname>[+-=][aAcCdDeijsStTu] </varname>. The prefix
<varname>+</varname> (the default one) causes the
attribute(s) to be added; <varname>-</varname> causes the
attribute(s) to be removed; <varname>=</varname>
causes the attributes to set exactly as the following letters.</para>
<para>The letters <literal>aAcCdDeijsStTu</literal> select the new
attribute(s) to be removed; <varname>=</varname> causes the
attributes to set exactly as the following letters. The
letters <literal>aAcCdDeijsStTu</literal> select the new
attributes for the files, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>chattr</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for further information.
</para>
<para>Passing only <varname>=</varname> as argument,
resets all the file attributes listed above. It has to be pointed
out that the <varname>=</varname> prefix, limits itself to the
attributes corresponding to the letters listed here. All other
attributes will be left untouched.</para>
<para>Does not follow symlinks.</para>
<para>Passing only <varname>=</varname> as argument resets
all the file attributes listed above. It has to be pointed
out that the <varname>=</varname> prefix, limits itself to
the attributes corresponding to the letters listed here. All
other attributes will be left untouched. Does not follow
symlinks.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>