The correct syntax of the -w option does not have a space between the -w and the cols ... the manpage seems to imply differently though so let's fix it. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69660 --- dog.1 +++ dog.1 @@ -8,3 +8,3 @@ .B dog -[\-AbBeEnstTuv] [\-w cols] [\-l lines] +[\-AbBeEnstTuv] [\-w] [\-l lines] [\-\-show\-all] [\-\-number\-nonblank] [\-\-no\-blanks] [\-\-bind=port] @@ -64,3 +64,3 @@ .TP -.I \-w n +.I \-w Print first n characters of each line (default=80)