Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 22:03:18 +0000 (UTC) From: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r207831 - head/bin/sh Message-ID: <201005092203.o49M3IpZ058920@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: jilles Date: Sun May 9 22:03:18 2010 New Revision: 207831 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/207831 Log: sh(1): Fix "reserved word" vs "keyword" inconsistency. Use "keyword" everywhere, like the output of the 'type' builtin, and only mention "reserved word" once to say it is the same thing. Modified: head/bin/sh/sh.1 Modified: head/bin/sh/sh.1 ============================================================================== --- head/bin/sh/sh.1 Sun May 9 22:01:35 2010 (r207830) +++ head/bin/sh/sh.1 Sun May 9 22:03:18 2010 (r207831) @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" from: @(#)sh.1 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/4/95 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 5, 2010 +.Dd May 9, 2010 .Dt SH 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -415,11 +415,11 @@ character, with the exception of the new .Pq Ql \en . A backslash preceding a newline is treated as a line continuation. .El -.Ss Reserved Words -Reserved words are words that have special meaning to the +.Ss Keywords +Keywords or reserved words are words that have special meaning to the shell and are recognized at the beginning of a line and after a control operator. -The following are reserved words: +The following are keywords: .Bl -column "doneXX" "elifXX" "elseXX" "untilXX" "whileX" -offset center .It Li \&! Ta { Ta } Ta Ic case Ta Ic do .It Ic done Ta Ic elif Ta Ic else Ta Ic esac Ta Ic fi @@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ The following are reserved words: An alias is a name and corresponding value set using the .Ic alias built-in command. -Whenever a reserved word may occur (see above), -and after checking for reserved words, the shell +Whenever a keyword may occur (see above), +and after checking for keywords, the shell checks the word to see if it matches an alias. If it does, it replaces it in the input stream with its value. For example, if there is an alias called @@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ of this man page (refer to the BNF in th document). Essentially though, a line is read and if the first word of the line (or after a control operator) -is not a reserved word, then the shell has recognized a +is not a keyword, then the shell has recognized a simple command. Otherwise, a complex command or some other special construct may have been recognized. @@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ Signal numbers are defined in the header .In sys/signal.h . .Ss Complex Commands Complex commands are combinations of simple commands -with control operators or reserved words, together creating a larger complex +with control operators or keywords, together creating a larger complex command. More generally, a command is one of the following: .Bl -item -offset indent @@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ operators that are part of the command. If the pipeline is not in the background (discussed later), the shell waits for all commands to complete. .Pp -If the reserved word +If the keyword .Ic !\& does not precede the pipeline, the exit status is the exit status of the last command specified
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