Don't use strings directly in calls to usage(). This is in preparation

for their extraction to a separate file.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/cut.c b/coreutils/cut.c
index 783d526a5..08b4586a4 100644
--- a/coreutils/cut.c
+++ b/coreutils/cut.c
@@ -206,6 +206,19 @@ void cut()
         }
 }
 
+const char cut_usage[] =
+        "cut [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n"
+#ifndef BB_FEATURE_TRIVIAL_HELP
+        "\nPrints selected fields from each input FILE to standard output.\n\n"
+        "Options:\n"
+        "\t-b LIST\tOutput only bytes from LIST\n"
+        "\t-c LIST\tOutput only characters from LIST\n"
+        "\t-d CHAR\tUse CHAR instead of tab as the field delimiter\n"
+        "\t-s\tOnly output Lines if the include DELIM\n"
+        "\t-f N\tPrint only these fields\n"
+        "\t-n\tIgnored\n"
+#endif
+        ;
 
 int cut_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -213,18 +226,7 @@ int cut_main(int argc, char **argv)
         int numberFilenames = 0;
 
         if (argc == 1 || strcmp(argv[1], dash_dash_help)==0)
-                usage( "cut [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n"
-#ifndef BB_FEATURE_TRIVIAL_HELP
-                                "\nPrints selected fields from each input FILE to standard output.\n\n"
-                                "Options:\n"
-                                "\t-b LIST\tOutput only bytes from LIST\n"
-                                "\t-c LIST\tOutput only characters from LIST\n"
-                                "\t-d CHAR\tUse CHAR instead of tab as the field delimiter\n"
-                                "\t-s\tOnly output Lines if the include DELIM\n"
-                                "\t-f N\tPrint only these fields\n"
-                                "\t-n\tIgnored\n"
-#endif
-                                );
+                usage(cut_usage);
 
         while (i < argc) {
                 if (argv[i][0] == '-') {