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authorAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-09-24 22:29:16 +0000
committerAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-09-24 22:29:16 +0000
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Changing the style of the command descriptions in appendix A.
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<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
-<sect4><title>bash</title>
-<para>bash is the Bourne-Again SHell, which is a widely used command
-interpreter on Unix systems. The bash program reads from standard
-input (the keyboard). A user types something and the program will evaluate
-what he has typed and do something with it, like running a
-program.</para></sect4>
-
-<sect4><title>bashbug</title>
-<para>bashbug is a shell script to help the user compose and mail bug
-reports concerning bash in a standard format.</para></sect4>
-
-<sect4><title>sh</title>
-<para>sh is a symlink to the bash program. When invoked as sh, bash
-tries to mimic the startup behavior of historical versions of sh as closely
-as possible, while conforming to the POSIX standard as
-well.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>bash</command> is a widely-used command interpreter. It
+performs all kinds of expansions and substitutions on a given command line
+before executing it, thus making this interpreter a powerful tool.</para>
+
+<para><command>bashbug</command> is a shell script to help the user
+compose and mail bug reports concerning bash in a standard format.</para>
+
+<para><command>sh</command> is a symlink to the bash program. When invoked
+as sh, bash tries to mimic the startup behavior of historical versions of sh as
+closely as possible, while conforming to the POSIX standard as well.</para>
</sect3>