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| author |   jmc <jmc@openbsd.org> | 2006-05-30 14:43:45 +0000 |
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| committer | jmc <jmc@openbsd.org> | 2006-05-30 14:43:45 +0000 |
| commit | ae96433400777fab17b0531b67b01672a630ffb2 (patch) | |
| tree | c4f594bf3a0bcee1fc757640a7b3f11e65b1b548 | |
| parent | Sync usage() with man page and reality. (diff) | |
| download | wireguard-openbsd-ae96433400777fab17b0531b67b01672a630ffb2.tar.xz wireguard-openbsd-ae96433400777fab17b0531b67b01672a630ffb2.zip | |
document some advice when \$ is part of your prompt;
from otto and myself
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/ksh/ksh.1 | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bin/ksh/ksh.1 b/bin/ksh/ksh.1 index 7c43779fc8d..31779d44ce4 100644 --- a/bin/ksh/ksh.1 +++ b/bin/ksh/ksh.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ksh.1,v 1.113 2006/05/29 18:22:24 otto Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ksh.1,v 1.114 2006/05/30 14:43:45 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Public Domain .\" @@ -1646,6 +1646,11 @@ The default prompt i.e.\& if the effective UID is 0, otherwise .Sq $ \& . +Since the shell interprets +.Sq $ +as a special character within double quotes, +it is safer in this case to escape the backslash +than to try quoting it. .It Li \e Ns Ar nnn The octal character .Ar nnn . |