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| -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 . |