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formatting typo in bash man page
From: |
Robert M. Day |
Subject: |
formatting typo in bash man page |
Date: |
Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:00:04 -0400 |
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Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i686
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-redhat-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='redhat' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash'
-DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DRECYCLES_PIDS -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib
-D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -g -pipe
-Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector
--param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic
-fasynchronous-unwind-tables
uname output: Linux compdna3 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5PAE #1 SMP Thu Sep 4
04:05:54 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: i686-redhat-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 3.2
Patch Level: 25
Release Status: release
Description:
There is a formatting typo in the bash man page, in the section
describing the ${parameter/pattern/string} expansion.
Repeat-By:
Look at the bash man page with `man bash`.
Fix:
Here is a patch:
--- bash-3.2/doc/bash.1.orig 2008-10-30 15:33:37.000000000 -0400
+++ bash-3.2/doc/bash.1 2008-10-30 15:33:50.000000000 -0400
@@ -2539,7 +2539,7 @@
pathname expansion.
\fIParameter\fP is expanded and the longest match of \fIpattern\fP
against its value is replaced with \fIstring\fP.
-If \Ipattern\fP begins with \fB/\fP, all matches of \fIpattern\fP are
+If \fIpattern\fP begins with \fB/\fP, all matches of \fIpattern\fP are
replaced with \fIstring\fP. Normally only the first match is replaced.
If \fIpattern\fP begins with \fB#\fP, it must match at the beginning
of the expanded value of \fIparameter\fP.
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