Aren
/
NetBSD
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Various mandoc updates to the Builtins 

section; mostly .Ic, a few other nits.
This commit is contained in:
jhawk 2000-07-18 01:55:48 +00:00
parent 84606936fb
commit 9d53f2aee6
1 changed files with 79 additions and 38 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

117
bin/sh/sh.1
View File

@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
.\" $NetBSD: sh.1,v 1.34 2000/07/17 21:18:47 jhawk Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: sh.1,v 1.35 2000/07/18 01:55:48 jhawk Exp $
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
@ -1011,17 +1011,21 @@ A null command that returns a 0 (true) exit value.
.It \&. file
The commands in the specified file are read and executed by the shell.
.It alias Op Ar name Ns Op Ar "=string ..."
If name=string is specified, the shell defines the
alias
.Dq name
If
.Ar name=string
is specified, the shell defines the alias
.Ar name
with value
.Dq string .
.Ar string .
If just
.Dq name
.Ar name
is specified, the value of the alias
.Dq name
is printed. With no arguments, the alias builtin prints the
names and values of all defined aliases (see unalias).
.Ar name
is printed. With no arguments, the
.Ic alias
builtin prints the
names and values of all defined aliases (see
.Ic unalias ) .
.It bg [ Ar job ] ...
Continue the specified jobs (or the current job if no
jobs are given) in the background.
@ -1031,9 +1035,11 @@ have a shell function with the same name as a builtin command.)
.It cd Op Ar directory
Switch to the specified directory (default
.Ev $HOME ) .
If the an entry for
If an entry for
.Ev CDPATH
appears in the environment of the cd command or the shell variable
appears in the environment of the
.Ic cd
command or the shell variable
.Ev CDPATH
is set and the directory name does not begin with a slash, then the
directories listed in
@ -1042,7 +1048,9 @@ will be searched for the specified directory. The format of
.Ev CDPATH
is the same as that of
.Ev PATH .
In an interactive shell, the cd command will print out the name of the
In an interactive shell, the
.Ic cd
command will print out the name of the
directory that it actually switched to if this is different from the name
that the user gave. These may be different either because the
.Ev CDPATH
@ -1053,12 +1061,16 @@ the command.
.It exec Op Ar command arg...
Unless command is omitted, the shell process is replaced with the
specified program (which must be a real program, not a shell builtin or
function). Any redirections on the exec command are marked as permanent,
so that they are not undone when the exec command finishes.
function). Any redirections on the
.Ic exec
command are marked as permanent, so that they are not undone when the
.Ic exec
command finishes.
.It exit Op Ar exitstatus
Terminate the shell process. If exitstatus is given it is used as the
exit status of the shell; otherwise the exit status of the preceding
command is used.
Terminate the shell process. If
.Ar exitstatus
is given it is used as the exit status of the shell; otherwise the
exit status of the preceding command is used.
.It export Ar name...
.It export Fl p
The specified names are exported so that they will appear in the
@ -1082,8 +1094,10 @@ option specified the output will be formatted suitably for non-interactive use.
.It Xo fc Fl s Op Ar old=new
.Op Ar first
.Xc
The fc builtin lists, or edits and re-executes, commands
previously entered to an interactive shell.
The
.Ic fc
builtin lists, or edits and re-executes, commands previously entered
to an interactive shell.
.Bl -tag -width 5n
.It Fl e No editor
Use the editor named by editor to edit the commands. The
@ -1226,13 +1240,18 @@ to
.It hash Fl rv Ar command...
The shell maintains a hash table which remembers the
locations of commands. With no arguments whatsoever,
the hash command prints out the contents of this
table. Entries which have not been looked at since
the last cd command are marked with an asterisk; it
is possible for these entries to be invalid.
the
.Ic hash
command prints out the contents of this table. Entries which have not
been looked at since the last
.Ic cd
command are marked with an asterisk; it is possible for these entries
to be invalid.
.Pp
With arguments, the hash command removes the specified commands from the
hash table (unless they are functions) and then locates them. With the
With arguments, the
.Ic hash
command removes the specified commands from the hash table (unless
they are functions) and then locates them. With the
.Fl v
option, hash prints the locations of the commands as it finds them. The
.Fl r
@ -1240,7 +1259,9 @@ option causes the hash command to delete all the entries in the hash table
except for functions.
.It jobid Op Ar job
Print the process id's of the processes in the job.
If the job argument is omitted, use the current job.
If the
.Ar job
argument is omitted, the current job is used.
.It jobs
This command lists out all the background processes
which are children of the current shell process.
@ -1250,8 +1271,9 @@ differ from the program of the same name because the
builtin command remembers what the current directory
is rather than recomputing it each time. This makes
it faster. However, if the current directory is
renamed, the builtin version of pwd will continue to
print the old name for the directory.
renamed, the builtin version of
.Ic pwd
will continue to print the old name for the directory.
.It Xo read Op Fl p Ar prompt
.Op Fl r
.Op Ar variable...
@ -1267,9 +1289,10 @@ characters in
.Ev IFS
that separated them) are assigned to the last variable. If there are more
variables than pieces, the remaining variables are assigned the null
string.
The 'read' builtin will indicate success unless EOF is encountered
on input, in which case failure is returned.
string. The
.Ic read
builtin will indicate success unless EOF is encountered on input, in
which case failure is returned.
.Pp
By default, unless the
.Fl r
@ -1297,7 +1320,9 @@ option specified the output will be formatted suitably for non-interactive use.
.Fl options | Cm +options | Cm -- }
.Oc Ar arg...
.Xc
The set command performs three different functions.
The
.Ic set
command performs three different functions.
.Pp
With no arguments, it lists the values of all shell
variables.
@ -1316,14 +1341,29 @@ will clear all the positional parameters (equivalent to executing
.Dq shift $# . )
.It setvar Ar variable Ar value
Assigns value to variable. (In general it is better to write
variable=value rather than using setvar. Setvar is intended to be used in
variable=value rather than using
.Ic setvar .
.Ic setvar
is intended to be used in
functions that assign values to variables whose names are passed as
parameters.)
.It shift Op Ar n
Shift the positional parameters n times. A shift sets the value of $1 to
the value of $2, the value of $2 to the value of $3, and so on, decreasing
the value of $# by one. If there are zero positional parameters, shifting
doesn't do anything.
Shift the positional parameters n times. A
.Ic shift
sets the value of
.Va $1
to the value of
.Va $2 ,
the value of
.Va $2
to the value of
.Va $3 ,
and so on, decreasing
the value of
.Va $#
by one. If there are zero positional parameters,
.Ic shift
does nothing.
.It Xo trap
.Op Ar action
.Ar signal...
@ -1344,7 +1384,8 @@ command has no effect on signals that were
ignored on entry to the shell.
.It type Op Ar name ...
Interpret each name as a command and print the resolution of the command
search. Possible resolutions are: shell keyword, alias, shell builtin,
search. Possible resolutions are:
shell keyword, alias, shell builtin,
command, tracked alias and not found. For aliases the alias expansion is
printed; for commands and tracked aliases the complete pathname of the
command is printed.