From af6e9d3ee211268df378a9d1258595eed9af6dba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jmc Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 18:24:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] rework the first sentence of this page; with help from otto --- bin/ksh/sh.1 | 17 ++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/bin/ksh/sh.1 b/bin/ksh/sh.1 index 217f3a7d762..bb873c46b9a 100644 --- a/bin/ksh/sh.1 +++ b/bin/ksh/sh.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: sh.1,v 1.133 2016/05/04 08:31:00 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: sh.1,v 1.134 2016/07/18 18:24:21 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2015 Jason McIntyre .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 4 2016 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 18 2016 $ .Dt SH 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -30,13 +30,12 @@ The .Nm utility is a .Em command language interpreter : -it reads its input, -breaks it down into parts, -and then executes those parts. -Its chief uses are in interfacing between the user and the operating system, -reading commands on the command line, -and in chaining together groups of commands in a very flexible manner, -through a shell script. +it reads one or more commands, +either from the command line or from a file +(a shell script), +and then sets about executing those commands. +Thus it is the +main interface between the user and the operating system. .Pp This version of .Nm -- 2.20.1