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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.TH CPULIMIT "8" "April 2006" "cpulimit" "System Management"
+.TH CPULIMIT "8" "July 2006" "cpulimit" "System Management"
 .SH NAME
-cpulimit -- limits the cpu usage of a process
+cpulimit -- limits the CPU usage of a process
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B cpulimit
 \fITARGET \fR[\fIOPTIONS\fR...]
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ absolute path name of the executable program file
 \fIOPTIONS\fR
 .TP
 \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-limit\fR=\fIN\fR
-percentage of cpu allowed from 0 to 100 (mandatory)
+percentage of CPU allowed from 0 to 100 (mandatory)
 .TP
 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
 show control statistics
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ exit if there is no suitable target process, or if it dies
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
 display this help and exit
+.SH EXAMPLES
+Assuming you have started \fB`foo \-\-bar`\fR and you find out with \fItop\fR(1) or
+\fIps\fR(1) that this process uses all your CPU time you can either
+.TP
+\[sh] \fBcpulimit \-e foo \-l 50\fR
+limits the CPU usage of the process by acting on the executable program file
+(note: the argument "\-\-bar" is omitted)
+.TP
+\[sh] \fBcpulimit \-p 1234 \-l 50\fR
+limits the CPU usage of the process by acting on its PID, as shown by
+\fIps\fR(1)
+.TP
+\[sh] \fBcpulimit \-P /usr/bin/foo \-l 50\fR
+same as \fI\-e\fR but uses the absolute path name 
 .SH AUTHOR
 This manpage was written for the Debian project by gregor herrmann
 <gregor+debian@comodo.priv.at> but may be used by others.