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[13/16] Manual pages: capsh.1: Describe the argument of --secbits in more detail

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Series [01/16] Manual pages: getcap.8, getpcaps.8, setcap.8: SEE ALSO: add capabilities(7) | expand

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Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) July 16, 2020, 10:18 a.m. UTC 
The page currently gives the reader no clue about the format of the
argument.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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 doc/capsh.1 | 3 +++
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diff --git a/doc/capsh.1 b/doc/capsh.1
index fd6a5ba..0b987f0 100644
--- a/doc/capsh.1
+++ b/doc/capsh.1
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@  the
 header file. The program will list these bits via the
 .B \-\-print
 command.
+The argument is expressed as a numeric bitmask,
+in any of the formats permitted by
+.BR strtoul (3).
 .TP
 .BI \-\-chroot= path
 Execute the