From 978d0bffc413b67ead9db2d2816b916cf3d502ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Gronenwoud Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 22:29:16 +0000 Subject: Changing the style of the command descriptions in appendix A. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2879 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- appendixa/bash-desc.xml | 26 ++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) (limited to 'appendixa/bash-desc.xml') diff --git a/appendixa/bash-desc.xml b/appendixa/bash-desc.xml index 921c269ea..418a49423 100644 --- a/appendixa/bash-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/bash-desc.xml @@ -6,22 +6,16 @@ Program file descriptions -bash -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. - -bashbug -bashbug is a shell script to help the user compose and mail bug -reports concerning bash in a standard format. - -sh -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. +bash 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. + +bashbug is a shell script to help the user +compose and mail bug reports concerning bash in a standard format. + +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. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf