Add more consistency in the --help output and declarations

src/uu/base32/src/base32.rs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use uucore::{encoding::Format, error::UResult};
 pub mod base_common;
 
 static ABOUT: &str = "\
+encode/decode data and print to standard output
 With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
 
 The data are encoded as described for the base32 alphabet in RFC

src/uu/base64/src/base64.rs

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use uucore::{encoding::Format, error::UResult};
 use std::io::{stdin, Read};
 
 static ABOUT: &str = "\
+encode/decode data and print to standard output
 With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
 
 The data are encoded as described for the base64 alphabet in RFC

src/uu/basename/src/basename.rs

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, UUsageError};
 use uucore::{format_usage, InvalidEncodingHandling};
 
-static SUMMARY: &str = "Print NAME with any leading directory components removed
-If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX";
+static ABOUT: &str = r#"Print NAME with any leading directory components removed
+If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX"#;
 
 const USAGE: &str = "{} NAME [SUFFIX]
     {} OPTION... NAME...";
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(crate_version!())
-        .about(SUMMARY)
+        .about(ABOUT)
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(

src/uu/basenc/src/basenc.rs

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use std::io::{stdin, Read};
 use uucore::error::UClapError;
 
 static ABOUT: &str = "\
+encode/decode data and print to standard output
 With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
 
 When decoding, the input may contain newlines in addition to the bytes of

src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs

@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ use uucore::{format_usage, InvalidEncodingHandling};
 
 static NAME: &str = "cat";
 static USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION]... [FILE]...";
-static SUMMARY: &str = "Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output
- With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.";
+static ABOUT: &str = "Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output
+With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.";
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 enum CatError {
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
         .name(NAME)
         .version(crate_version!())
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
-        .about(SUMMARY)
+        .about(ABOUT)
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FILE)

src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const CRC_TABLE: [u32; CRC_TABLE_LEN] = generate_crc_table();
 
 const NAME: &str = "cksum";
 const USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTIONS] [FILE]...";
-const SUMMARY: &str = "Print CRC and size for each file";
+const ABOUT: &str = "Print CRC and size for each file";
 
 const fn generate_crc_table() -> [u32; CRC_TABLE_LEN] {
     let mut table = [0; CRC_TABLE_LEN];
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .name(NAME)
         .version(crate_version!())
-        .about(SUMMARY)
+        .about(ABOUT)
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(

src/uu/csplit/src/csplit.rs

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mod split_name;
 use crate::csplit_error::CsplitError;
 use crate::split_name::SplitName;
 
-static SUMMARY: &str = "split a file into sections determined by context lines";
+static ABOUT: &str = "split a file into sections determined by context lines";
 static LONG_HELP: &str = "Output pieces of FILE separated by PATTERN(s) to files 'xx00', 'xx01', ..., and output byte counts of each piece to standard output.";
 const USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION]... FILE PATTERN...";
 
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(crate_version!())
-        .about(SUMMARY)
+        .about(ABOUT)
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(

src/uu/cut/src/cut.rs

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ mod searcher;
 static NAME: &str = "cut";
 static USAGE: &str =
     "{} [-d] [-s] [-z] [--output-delimiter] ((-f|-b|-c) {{sequence}}) {{sourcefile}}+";
-static SUMMARY: &str =
+static ABOUT: &str =
     "Prints specified byte or field columns from each line of stdin or the input files";
 static LONG_HELP: &str = "
  Each call must specify a mode (what to use for columns),
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
         .name(NAME)
         .version(crate_version!())
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
-        .about(SUMMARY)
+        .about(ABOUT)
         .after_help(LONG_HELP)
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(

src/uu/dircolors/src/dircolors.rs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ mod options {
 }
 
 static USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION]... [FILE]";
-static SUMMARY: &str = "Output commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable.";
+static ABOUT: &str = "Output commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable.";
 static LONG_HELP: &str = "
  If FILE is specified, read it to determine which colors to use for which
  file types and extensions.  Otherwise, a precompiled database is used.
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(crate_version!())
-        .about(SUMMARY)
+        .about(ABOUT)
         .after_help(LONG_HELP)
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
         .infer_long_args(true)

src/uu/du/src/du.rs

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ mod options {
     pub const FILE: &str = "FILE";
 }
 
-const SUMMARY: &str = "estimate file space usage";
+const ABOUT: &str = "estimate file space usage";
 const LONG_HELP: &str = "
 Display values are in units of the first available SIZE from --block-size,
 and the DU_BLOCK_SIZE, BLOCK_SIZE and BLOCKSIZE environment variables.
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ fn parse_depth(max_depth_str: Option<&str>, summarize: bool) -> UResult<Option<u
 pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(crate_version!())
-        .about(SUMMARY)
+        .about(ABOUT)
         .after_help(LONG_HELP)
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
         .infer_long_args(true)

src/uu/echo/src/echo.rs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult};
 use uucore::{format_usage, InvalidEncodingHandling};
 
 const NAME: &str = "echo";
-const SUMMARY: &str = "display a line of text";
+const ABOUT: &str = "display a line of text";
 const USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTIONS]... [STRING]...";
 const AFTER_HELP: &str = r#"
  Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
         .allow_hyphen_values(true)
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .version(crate_version!())
-        .about(SUMMARY)
+        .about(ABOUT)
         .after_help(AFTER_HELP)
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
         .arg(

src/uu/env/src/env.rs

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ use uucore::format_usage;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use uucore::signals::signal_name_by_value;
 
+const ABOUT: &str = "set each NAME to VALUE in the environment and run COMMAND";
 const USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION]... [-] [NAME=VALUE]... [COMMAND [ARG]...]";
 const AFTER_HELP: &str = "\
 A mere - implies -i. If no COMMAND, print the resulting environment.
@@ -128,8 +129,7 @@ fn build_command<'a, 'b>(args: &'a mut Vec<&'b str>) -> (Cow<'b, str>, &'a [&'b
 pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
     Command::new(crate_name!())
         .version(crate_version!())
-        .author(crate_authors!())
-        .about(crate_description!())
+        .about(ABOUT)
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
         .after_help(AFTER_HELP)
         .allow_external_subcommands(true)

src/uu/expr/src/expr.rs

@@ -14,15 +14,13 @@ mod tokens;
 
 const VERSION: &str = "version";
 const HELP: &str = "help";
-static ABOUT: &str = "Print the value of EXPRESSION to standard output";
-static USAGE: &str = r#"
+static USAGE: &str = r#"Print the value of EXPRESSION to standard output
     expr [EXPRESSION]
     expr [OPTIONS]"#;
 
 pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(crate_version!())
-        .about(ABOUT)
         .override_usage(USAGE)
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(

src/uu/factor/src/cli.rs

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ pub mod numeric;
 mod rho;
 pub mod table;
 
-static SUMMARY: &str = "Print the prime factors of the given NUMBER(s).
-If none are specified, read from standard input.";
+static ABOUT: &str = r#"Print the prime factors of the given NUMBER(s).
+If none are specified, read from standard input."#;
 
 mod options {
     pub static NUMBER: &str = "NUMBER";
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(crate_version!())
-        .about(SUMMARY)
+        .about(ABOUT)
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(Arg::new(options::NUMBER).multiple_occurrences(true))
 }

src/uu/fold/src/fold.rs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const TAB_WIDTH: usize = 8;
 
 static NAME: &str = "fold";
 static USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION]... [FILE]...";
-static SUMMARY: &str = "Writes each file (or standard input if no files are given)
+static ABOUT: &str = "Writes each file (or standard input if no files are given)
  to standard output whilst breaking long lines";
 
 mod options {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
         .name(NAME)
         .version(crate_version!())
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
-        .about(SUMMARY)
+        .about(ABOUT)
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::BYTES)

src/uu/hostid/src/hostid.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use libc::c_long;
 use uucore::{error::UResult, format_usage};
 
 const USAGE: &str = "{} [options]";
-const SUMMARY: &str = "Print the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal) for the current host";
+const ABOUT: &str = "Print the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal) for the current host";
 
 // currently rust libc interface doesn't include gethostid
 extern "C" {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(crate_version!())
-        .about(SUMMARY)
+        .about(ABOUT)
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
         .infer_long_args(true)
 }

src/uu/logname/src/logname.rs

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fn get_userlogin() -> Option<String> {
     }
 }
 
-static SUMMARY: &str = "Print user's login name";
+static ABOUT: &str = "Print user's login name";
 
 #[uucore::main]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(crate_version!())
         .override_usage(uucore::execution_phrase())
-        .about(SUMMARY)
+        .about(ABOUT)
         .infer_long_args(true)
 }

src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs

@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ static CONTEXT_HELP_TEXT: &str = "print any security context of each file (not e
 #[cfg(feature = "selinux")]
 static CONTEXT_HELP_TEXT: &str = "print any security context of each file";
 
+const ABOUT: &str = r#"List directory contents.
+Ignore files and directories starting with a '.' by default"#;
+
 const USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION]... [FILE]...";
 
 pub mod options {
@@ -898,7 +901,7 @@ pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(crate_version!())
             .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
-            .about("List directory contents. Ignore files and directories starting with a '.' by default")
+            .about(ABOUT)
             .infer_long_args(true)
             .arg(
                 Arg::new(options::HELP)

src/uu/mkfifo/src/mkfifo.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use uucore::{display::Quotable, InvalidEncodingHandling};
 
 static NAME: &str = "mkfifo";
 static USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION]... NAME...";
-static SUMMARY: &str = "Create a FIFO with the given name.";
+static ABOUT: &str = "Create a FIFO with the given name.";
 
 mod options {
     pub static MODE: &str = "mode";
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
         .name(NAME)
         .version(crate_version!())
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
-        .about(SUMMARY)
+        .about(ABOUT)
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::MODE)

src/uu/nl/src/nl.rs

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use uucore::{format_usage, InvalidEncodingHandling};
 mod helper;
 
 static NAME: &str = "nl";
+static ABOUT: &str = "number lines of files";
 static USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION]... [FILE]...";
 
 // Settings store options used by nl to produce its output.
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .name(NAME)
+        .about(ABOUT)
         .version(crate_version!())
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
         .infer_long_args(true)

src/uu/pinky/src/pinky.rs

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use clap::{crate_version, Arg, Command};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use uucore::{format_usage, InvalidEncodingHandling};
 
-static ABOUT: &str = "pinky - lightweight finger";
+static ABOUT: &str = "lightweight finger";
 const USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION]... [USER]...";
 
 mod options {

src/uu/sum/src/sum.rs

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ use uucore::{format_usage, InvalidEncodingHandling};
 
 static NAME: &str = "sum";
 static USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION]... [FILE]...";
-static SUMMARY: &str = "Checksum and count the blocks in a file.\n\
-                        With no FILE, or when  FILE is -, read standard input.";
+static ABOUT: &str = r#"Checksum and count the blocks in a file.
+                        With no FILE, or when  FILE is -, read standard input."#;
 
 // This can be replaced with usize::div_ceil once it is stabilized.
 // This implementation approach is optimized for when `b` is a constant,
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
         .name(NAME)
         .version(crate_version!())
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
-        .about(SUMMARY)
+        .about(ABOUT)
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FILE)

src/uu/tac/src/tac.rs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use crate::error::TacError;
 
 static NAME: &str = "tac";
 static USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION]... [FILE]...";
-static SUMMARY: &str = "Write each file to standard output, last line first.";
+static ABOUT: &str = "Write each file to standard output, last line first.";
 
 mod options {
     pub static BEFORE: &str = "before";
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
         .name(NAME)
         .version(crate_version!())
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
-        .about(SUMMARY)
+        .about(ABOUT)
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::BEFORE)