From f1ca7aefec280d5bae3440d07ec0ceebea1d0337 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:03:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] pages/*: use simulate instead of dry run (#24262)

---
 pages/common/puppet-agent.md        | 2 +-
 pages/common/rclone.md              | 2 +-
 pages/common/rename.md              | 2 +-
 pages/linux/rename.util.md          | 2 +-
 pages/linux/tmt-run.md              | 2 +-
 pages/linux/xdg-user-dirs-update.md | 4 ++--
 6 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pages/common/puppet-agent.md b/pages/common/puppet-agent.md
index b72770f361..3b2032f0ab 100644
--- a/pages/common/puppet-agent.md
+++ b/pages/common/puppet-agent.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 `puppet agent --test`
 
-- Run the agent in dry-mode:
+- Simulate running the agent without applying any changes:
 
 `puppet agent --test --noop`
 
diff --git a/pages/common/rclone.md b/pages/common/rclone.md
index dd4b417a03..01840426c4 100644
--- a/pages/common/rclone.md
+++ b/pages/common/rclone.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 `rclone sync {{path/to/file_or_directory}} {{remote_name}}:{{path/to/directory}}`
 
-- Delete a remote file or directory (Note: `--dry-run` means test, remove it from the command to actually delete):
+- Simulate deleting a remote file or directory (remove `--dry-run` from the command to actually delete):
 
 `rclone {{[-n|--dry-run]}} delete {{remote_name}}:{{path/to/file_or_directory}}`
 
diff --git a/pages/common/rename.md b/pages/common/rename.md
index 04840c53e1..e601d2c839 100644
--- a/pages/common/rename.md
+++ b/pages/common/rename.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # rename
 
 > Rename a file or group of files with a `regex`.
-> WARNING: This command will overwrite files without prompting unless the dry-run option is used.
+> WARNING: This command will overwrite files without prompting unless the `-n` option is used.
 > Note: This page refers to the Perl version, also known as `file-rename`.
 > More information: <https://manned.org/prename>.
 
diff --git a/pages/linux/rename.util.md b/pages/linux/rename.util.md
index 78121d5dda..daa0361b99 100644
--- a/pages/linux/rename.util.md
+++ b/pages/linux/rename.util.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # rename
 
 > Rename multiple files.
-> WARNING: This command will overwrite files without prompting unless the dry-run option is used.
+> WARNING: This command will overwrite files without prompting unless the `--no-act` option is used.
 > Note: This page refers to the command from the `util-linux` package.
 > More information: <https://manned.org/rename>.
 
diff --git a/pages/linux/tmt-run.md b/pages/linux/tmt-run.md
index 3451975530..3c990339e2 100644
--- a/pages/linux/tmt-run.md
+++ b/pages/linux/tmt-run.md
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@
 
 `tmt run {{[-a|--all]}} execute {{[-h|--how]}} {{tmt}} --interactive`
 
-- Use dry mode to see what actions would happen and use the highest verbosity:
+- Simulate a run to see what actions would happen with the highest verbosity:
 
 `tmt run {{[-n|--dry]}} {{[-vvv|--verbose --verbose --verbose]}}`
diff --git a/pages/linux/xdg-user-dirs-update.md b/pages/linux/xdg-user-dirs-update.md
index 259913dcea..19c9346a90 100644
--- a/pages/linux/xdg-user-dirs-update.md
+++ b/pages/linux/xdg-user-dirs-update.md
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 
 `xdg-user-dirs-update --force`
 
-- Write the result to the specified dry-run-file instead of the `user-dirs.dirs` file:
+- Write the result to the specified file instead of the `user-dirs.dirs` file:
 
-`xdg-user-dirs-update --dummy-output "{{path/to/dry_run_file}}" --set {{xdg_user_directory}} "/{{path/to/directory}}"`
+`xdg-user-dirs-update --dummy-output "{{path/to/output_file}}" --set {{xdg_user_directory}} "/{{path/to/directory}}"`