docs: sysctl.8 clarify when w flag is required
The w flag is not needed for key=val type options but only forces all options to be that format. References: procps-ng/procps#83
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							| @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ | ||||
| .\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | ||||
| .\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the | ||||
| .\" GNU General Public License for more details." | ||||
| .TH SYSCTL "8" "Jan 2012" "procps-ng" "System Administration" | ||||
| .TH SYSCTL "8" "2018-02-19" "procps-ng" "System Administration" | ||||
| .SH NAME | ||||
| sysctl \- configure kernel parameters at runtime | ||||
| .SH SYNOPSIS | ||||
| @@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ is the key and | ||||
| .I value | ||||
| is the value to set it to.  If the value contains quotes or characters | ||||
| which are parsed by the shell, you may need to enclose the value in double | ||||
| quotes.  This requires the | ||||
| .B \-w | ||||
| parameter to use. | ||||
| quotes. | ||||
| .TP | ||||
| \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-values\fR | ||||
| Use this option to disable printing of the key name when printing values. | ||||
| @@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ have programmable completion. | ||||
| Use this option to not display the values set to stdout. | ||||
| .TP | ||||
| \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-write\fR | ||||
| Use this option when you want to change a sysctl setting. | ||||
| Use this option when all arguments prescribe a key to be set. | ||||
| .TP | ||||
| \fB\-p\fR[\fIFILE\fR], \fB\-\-load\fR[=\fIFILE\fR] | ||||
| Load in sysctl settings from the file specified or /etc/sysctl.conf if none | ||||
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